Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional weekly payment a young jobseeker aged 23-24 and aged 25 will receive under the proposed new rates for jobseeker's allowance if they participate in VTOS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45797/13]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional weekly payment a young jobseeker aged 23-24 and aged 25 will receive under the proposed new rates for jobseeker's allowance if they participate in the local training initiative scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45800/13]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 255 and 256 together.

As provided for in Budget 2014, a young jobseeker aged 23 to 25, who participates in certain education and training programmes, including VTOS and the Local Training Initiative Scheme, will be eligible for a weekly payment of €160 less any means that he has been assessed as having by the Department of Social Protection.