Humphreys ‘not thinking of introducing national service’Gráinne Ní Aodha, PAMinister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys said she is not considering implementing a form of compulsory national service as has been promised by the Tories in the UK. The unemployment rate is around 4.4 per cent, but rises to around 8 per cent for young people. “The youth unemployment rate is at 8.8 per cent, which is down from 12 per cent pre-Covid,” she said on Tuesday. We’ll either help you upskill, we’ll retrain you, we’ll introduce you to apprenticeship schemes, we’ll give you the back to work help extra pay when you engage. Employers across multiple sectors and representatives of Ibec attended the launch of the charter in Accenture’s Dublin office.

Source: Irish Independent May 28, 2024 23:12 UTC