Community employment is about allowing those whose self-esteem has been damaged by our school system, by the community or in their family lives to make progress. By introducing reductions, however, the Government has not taken into consideration the role of such schemes. It is not good enough for the Minister of State to say he is not talking about reductions. We should be discussing increases in the schemes whose value is immeasurable. This is not a question of getting people off the dole to reduce the unemployment statistics, but about giving them a second chance at life through training. Such people may have been damaged through bullying at school or in their own families and deserve another chance. I beseech Fianna Fáil Senators to follow their consciences and vote with us.