Jimmy Harte (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I would like to speak about the issue of youth unemployment. The question of youth activation - getting people on the employment treadmill - gets a great deal of publicity. I have been receiving some criticism at local level, especially from members of Sinn Féin, about how badly the JobBridge scheme is being handled. I have read about the introduction of a graduate teaching scheme by the Minister for Education in Northern Ireland. The scheme, which offers short-term employment to young graduate teachers, is working out very well. I have heard Deputy Pearse Doherty criticising the exact same-----