Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of young persons under 25 years on the vocational training opportunities scheme programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24903/10]

Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) is a full-time second chance education initiative designed specifically for unemployed persons over 21 years of age. Its primary target groups are the longer-term unemployed, the low-skilled and the disadvantaged.

Latest figures (1 January 2010) indicate that there are 861 VTOS participants (359 males and 502 females) under 25 years of age.