Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 April 2004
148 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress he has made in conjunction with partnerships and community groups in developing a new student summer jobs scheme as promised. [11906/04]
View answerAs I have outlined to the House on a number of occasions, a replacement scheme for the student summer job scheme was never proposed. Rather it was anticipated that partnerships and community groups throughout the country would offer practical assistance and support to students in finding temporary summer employment in the labour market as required.
Such supports are by their nature local and informal. Therefore, it is not feasible to accurately quantify the extent to which these supports have contributed to students finding summer employment.
