Colm Burke (Fine Gael)

-----many of the issues are the same. Perhaps the Senators will let us know some of the ideas they are using in Northern Ireland. The newspapers this morning seem to indicate that there are difficulties in that part of the island as well. It is important that we are constructive and if there are ideas we can adopt from that part of the island, we are open to accepting them.

It is also important that we try to encourage young people. I was at a meeting in Cork last night where I met a young person who cannot qualify for any of the support mechanisms in place at present because he is living at home and his parents are supporting him. Many young people are losing out because they do not tick all the boxes for the support schemes in place to get them back into employment. We need a debate in this House on these issues, as well as on other issues relating to young people.