Seanad debates

Tuesday, 5 November 2013

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed)

 

7:10 pm

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is very important that we send out a message this evening asking employers to think creatively.

Can they take on some extra young people who unfortunately have found themselves unemployed and give them an opportunity to get working? We have already had 22,000 people on the JobBridge internship scheme. The report from Indecon shows that 60% of those people go on to further significant work. We have had 9,000 employers and other organisations host internship opportunities. I am very confident that employers in Ireland want to help people who have found themselves unemployed. We have made the new JobsPlus arrangement as simple as we can make it. It is-----

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