@ Fatbox . My daughter worked part time in bars to help put herself through college as her father had passed away. She worked lousy hours and still managed to get a honours degree and a masters . In two weeks time she and her four friends will be emigrating in order to get any kind of work. Don

So the figure for people unemployed is really 500, 000 this is a disgrace. Imagine if 1,200 people a week were not leaving to find work.

My wage is what keeps me in college, if it was lower, I’d just have mor incentive to jump on to the dole,
..you have got to be trolling, because this is a horrible idea.

The Short Term Enterprise scheme is a great idea. I used it in 2011 to set up my own businesses when I lost my job. My accountant just gave me my figures for this years October 31st deadline and I will be paying over 10,000 euro in tax this year. The scheme pays for itself very quickly.

I availed of the back to work scheme in march of this year, seven months on as an electrical contractor and am very busy, it’s a great idea and anyone who can should give it a go. if only the government could stop the cowboys and dole cheats out pricing the contractors.

@scatterd showers if you under 21 you inly get 100euro on the dole so your comment is so stupid get your facts right before writing stupid comments

They are forced into these schemes.The sad thing about all this is the job they land in is underpaid.

Have to agree there Mary , in the boom time I took one or two friends sons to my job ( I drive heavy plant ) my employers were not happy about it , one of these lads is in Australia working now and doing very well , there is not a big push for employers to hire young ppl who are not going on to collage , we as a ppl should be training the youth as it has been done before in the past , I don’t think the Irish young are lazy I think they are just not giving the chance

I think all them back to work schemes are cheap labour.Remember FAS that ment find a sucker and all the head boys and girls fiddling millions out of it.

Yes Caroline some big company’s are using them , but there is no push from the government to find good apprenticeships for them .For a young person to be trained by a trades person one on one is a great learning chance

And just one more point to the electrician who posted fair play to you , but the government should be pushing for young ppl to be working with ppl like you for to be learn a trade , and make it tax and PRSi free at no cost to you let them have there 100 dole and learn a trade at the same time . There would be a lot of them would jump at the Chance

Kieran that’s my point , I know a lot of young lad will to work for little or nothing just to have a trade , in 20/30 year when I’m too old to work who is going to do my job if nobody is getting trained ,, iv been saying this for years , will look to other country to import there youth ,it’s not right

How about the govt reduce the min wage for under 21s and allow them to get a work ethic even if it is a t a lower wage.. better than handing 200 a week for nothing and starting them off in the wrong direction.

How ironic just downloaded the jobcentre plus app and it doesn’t work……….

i think everyone should have to enrol in a course or back to work scheme after 6months on the dole if they are to keep their payments. that way they would continue to self develop and not be left to rot. those who really want to get off social welfare should be eager to do a course which would give them new skills. also any able bodied persin taking home more than 300 euro per week on state benifits should be put to work in a volunteer capacity 20hrs pw for the betterment of their local community.

oops…alreay…sorry