YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT: FRAGMENTS CILLIAN FAHY by Cillian Ó Fathaigh
JobBridge is the National Internship Scheme . . . The aim of the National Internship Scheme is to assist in
the cycle
breaking
a real opportunity
. . . unable to get a job without experience . . . . . . bridge the gap between study and the beginning of their working lives. . . . Interns receive an allowance of €50 per week. . . . 6162 currently on an Internship . . . 22,138 placements have commenced since launch of the Scheme on 1st July 2011. . . . In other words, the period of internship would be a job interview for a longer period of employment . . . A total of 228 JobBridge interns have been taken on by 14 Government Departments, but none of them has been kept on after completing their placements .
. . While not in a position to offer further employment
JobBridge programme . . .
opportunities
, the Office is committed to partaking in the
We have the best young generation on the planet. . . . Jobs are about more than work; jobs are about
centive, pride
dignity, in-
. . . JobBridge has proven very successful.
Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton
has accepted that there is an unacceptably high level of youth unemployment in Ireland. . . . The unemployment rate among young persons was higher than the rate among those aged between 25 and 74 in all of the Member States. . . . Taking into account
involuntary part-time work the labour market, the youth unemployment rate is close to 45%.
That the Irish Government should design, fund and implement a
and workers marginally attached to
Youth Guarantee scheme as a matter of
urgency . . . My Department is currently developing an action plan to implement the Guarantee in Ireland . . . Other: Additional funding for Youth Guarantee - labour market initiatives for young people: 14 million. . . . Youth unemployment and unemployment among people aged under 25 years causes permanent
Many young men and women
scars, its effects last a lifetime and economic recovery does not guarantee that the scars will be healed.
will say goodbye after Christmas
because they must take the decision to leave, as people all over rural Ireland and every town and city know . . . Young people have been threatened that if they do not take part in education and training, social welfare payments will be cut . . . Some of those young people
have spent three, four or five years in education; some have master’s degrees, are engineers or are otherwise well educated but there are no jobs for them.
It is the Government’s view, that the place for young people is at work.
of a flat screen television . . .
people
. . . The place for any young person is not permanently in front
The Government does not blame young . . Extend the application of the €100 rate of Jobseeker’s Allowance and SWA to
for being unemployed. . persons . . . who reach the age of 22, 23 and 24 . . . Total emigration from Ireland in the year to April 2013 is estimated to have reached 89,000 . . . 34.8% of all Emigrations are between the ages of 15 – 24. Young people have been affected particularly hard . . . they have been subject to falling participation, rising outward migration, and high unemployment . . . unless it is tackled promptly, this issue will become one of the most enduring legacies of the recession. . . . Cillian Ó Fathaigh is a Senior Sophister student of English Literature
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