People on the dole are to be offered €1,000 to embark on a training course under a major new plan to be announced by the Government today. This is because young people are at greater risk of long-term unemployment, and the measures to be announced will seek to combat the “disproportionate effect of the pandemic on young people”. The plan includes a separate commitment to get 75,000 long-term unemployed back to work within the next two years. The Irish Examiner understands the plan will commit to giving those seeking to engage in short-term training courses €1,000 towards the cost of tuition. The Pathways to Work plan will have an overall target of over 100,000 additional caseloads per year, reducing the risk of labour market scarring and long-term unemployment.

Source: Irish Examiner July 12, 2021 05:26 UTC