u-20's dole cut

rio-rose

just wondering is it for new applicants this applys for that is just now applying for the dole
or does some one whos on it for the last 5 mth be affected

thanks in advance

aare

Just anyone who applies after May 1...

marko91

http://www.rte.ie/money/budget2009/stories/2009/0407/budgetmeasures.html 11 collums down.....i also needed to make sure too:rolleyes:...we are safe my friend:pac:

rio-rose

cheers for that

its for my brother he be delighted now,

ninty9er

I think the main target, from what I've been told, was to stop people seeing the dole as a right of passage and then staying on it for life.

If it's disincentivised at the start, it'll be less likely to remain endemic in society.

Orion

Which is all well and good if there were jobs for under-20s. Let's be honest here (without being patronising) any U20 job seeker is relatively unskilled or in a trade which requires apprenticeship. There are no jobs available for these kids. So the Government has hit another easy target and spun it to look like they're doing them a favour.

mikemac

www.fas.ie show 1253 available courses.

Now I don't know what sort of capacity Fas have but I'm assuming there are courses there of interest to everyone.
Maybe there would not be enough spaces, I've no way of knowing what's available. And yes, somebody is going to quote my post and tell me Fas are a joke of an organization but it's what we have.

Back in the day as an unskilled layabout :P I did a summer court with CERT in Limerick. That was the equivalent of Fas for the tourism and hotel sector and it was realy well run and excellent.
It's seems it's run by Failte Ireland these days.

rio-rose

mikemac wrote: »

www.fas.ie show 1253 available courses.

Now I don't know what sort of capacity Fas have but I'm assuming there are courses there of interest to everyone.
Maybe there would not be enough spaces, I've no way of knowing what's available. And yes, somebody is going to quote my post and tell me Fas are a joke of an organization but it's what we have.

Back in the day as an unskilled layabout :P I did a summer court with CERT in Limerick. That was the equivalent of Fas for the tourism and hotel sector and it was realy well run and excellent.
It's seems it's run by Failte Ireland these days.

thats interesting mikemac, 1253 courses available

ive done computer courses with FAS in the past and have found them a pleasure to learn with..

nothing at all wrong with FAS,
cheers for them facts

Problem with FAS is that when you do one of their courses you're out on your ass as far as they are concerned. They wont entertain the idea of putting you on a course until two years have passed since your last course ended.