It is Government policy that the problem of youth unemployment is best tackled in the context of measures to alleviate unemployment generally. These measures include both training and employment schemes.
Young people are eligible to participate in the Enterprise Scheme, the Employment Subsidy Scheme and many of the general FÁS and CERT training programmes, while the Community Youth Training Programme, Job Training Scheme and a number of both FÁS and CERT training programmes are directed specifically at young people. Teamwork is the temporary employment scheme specifically for young people and up to 2.300 will participate in it this year, while training courses operated by FÁS and CERT will cater for about 25,000 young people this year.
The Employment Incentive Scheme is designed to encourage employers to take on early school leavers who have participated in the Youthreach Programme and other disadvantaged young people. About 1,200 young people are expected to be recruited under the scheme in 1992.