David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister says she is making additional money available for labour activation, education and training measures, but at the same time she is cutting welfare. I am trying to get the figures from her. Let us take the Momentum programme as a good example. The Youth Council of Ireland is asking the same questions as me. The Minister says an additional €6 million is being made available. There are 1,250 young people in the Momentum programme already and the Minister says this will increase to 2,000. In reality, there are only 750 extra places, which is €2.25 million. When one drills into the figure of €46 million, not all of it is new or additional money. That is one of the problems.

I fully accept there are very talented young people in the State who want to work. In my family-----