{"id":205,"date":"2010-08-09T11:49:02","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T11:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/unemployment\/"},"modified":"2010-08-09T11:49:02","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T11:49:02","slug":"unemployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/unemployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinnfein.ie\/files\/images\/600\/Jobs_Campaign_Doc_Cover_Ad.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"385\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-clear-left text-clear-right\">One in four young people are  now unemployed. \u00a0Young men are worst affected with one in three men  under the age of 25 being out of work. \u00a0Dole payments for young people  have been slashed and it is estimated that 60,000 people emigrated in  the last year with many more expected to leave this year. The government  is doing nothing to create jobs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Do you want a job?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Do you want to stay in Ireland but feel you have no choice but to leave?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Are you fed up living at home with your parents but can\u2019t afford to move out?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Do you want to put your skills and education to work?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Are you sick of a government that cares more about bankers than it does about youth unemployment?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Do you think it\u2019s unfair that you have to live on a \u20ac100 a  week while a disgraced FAS boss who wasted public money gets a \u20ac1  million golden handshake?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>It\u2019s time for you to join Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s campaign for \u201cJobs for the Unemployed\u201d!<\/h2>\n<p>We are putting forward the solutions to youth unemployment. These include \u00b7<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>youth jobs fund <\/strong>to create 20,000 new jobs.<\/li>\n<li>An individual plan for the long term prospects of every person under 25 who is on the live register.<\/li>\n<li>2,000 places on a \u2018<strong>One More Language Scheme<\/strong>\u2019 to give the young unemployed a chance to learn an extra foreign language .<\/li>\n<li>5000 <strong>free ECDL advanced places<\/strong> <\/li>\n<li>10,000 <strong>new CE places<\/strong> <\/li>\n<li>1,000 places on <strong>conversion courses<\/strong> at third level to help graduates convert their skills to potential growth sectors<\/li>\n<li> <strong>The elimination of useless, pointless and inadequate FAS courses<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li> <strong>8 measures to treble the number of under 25\u2019s who are self employed<\/strong> including a national entrepreneurship programme, access to credit and greater support for high potential start ups.<\/li>\n<li> <strong>Create a publicly owned green tech firm<\/strong> for Ireland and initiate a major drive to attract FDI in renewable energy.<\/li>\n<li>Make Ireland<strong> a digital media leader<\/strong> through support for skills, infrastructure and entrepreneurship<\/li>\n<li>A \u2018<strong>National Development Scheme\u2019<\/strong> to employ people directly on public works projects employing 2,000 workers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>We want you to join with us in campaigning to force the government to implement these proposals.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinnfein.ie\/files\/YouthJobsCampaignDoc.pdf\">Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One in four young people are now unemployed. \u00a0Young men are worst affected with one in three men under the age of 25 being out of work. \u00a0Dole payments for young people have been slashed and it is estimated that 60,000 people emigrated in the last year with many more expected to leave this year. 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