{"id":410,"date":"2012-05-31T12:52:52","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T12:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/deputy-sean-crowe-commends-vtos-graduates-at-tallaght-awards-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2012-05-31T12:52:52","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T12:52:52","slug":"deputy-sean-crowe-commends-vtos-graduates-at-tallaght-awards-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/deputy-sean-crowe-commends-vtos-graduates-at-tallaght-awards-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe commends VTOS graduates at Tallaght award\u2019s ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe commends VTOS graduates at Tallaght award\u2019s ceremony<br \/> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Speaking after presenting Vocational Training Operational Scheme (VTOS) and Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) certificates in an award\u2019s ceremony held this week in the Dublin Institute of Technology, Tallaght, Sinn F\u00e9in Education Spokesperson Se\u00e1n Crowe, TD said:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">\u201cVTOS is supported by the European Social Fund that\u2019s aim is to ensure labour market intervention by enabling long term unemployed people to access education and training.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe awarding of these certificates and the work of Dominic\u2019s College symbolise the hard work and study of people who, through no fault of their own, have found themselves unemployed. They are role models for other and are to be greatly commended for seeking access to employment through education and training and obtaining these qualifications will greatly enhance their prospects of finding a job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">\u201cThe current economic crisis has greatly impacted on Irish society and very few families have not been affected by the scourge of unemployment, emigration and rising levels of poverty. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">\u201cAn accessible and affordable education is needed if we are to achieve future growth and prosperity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">\u201cBeing able to avail of higher education courses is important if we are to produce graduates who are able to meet the diverse and ever changing demands of industry and a job\u2019s market that is constantly evolving. The people who received VTOS certificates show what can be achieved when people have access to higher education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">\u201cIt is also fitting to have this award\u2019s ceremony held in Dublin ITT, in this the 20<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of its opening. Dublin ITT has evolved into an institute of higher learning that is the equal to anywhere on the island of Ireland and I have no doubt that the people who received their graduation certificates will apply the knowledge and skills they have learnt in whatever career they choose to pursue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe commends VTOS graduates at Tallaght award\u2019s ceremony Speaking after presenting Vocational Training Operational Scheme (VTOS) and Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) certificates in an award\u2019s ceremony held this week in the Dublin Institute of Technology, Tallaght, Sinn F\u00e9in Education Spokesperson Se\u00e1n Crowe, TD said: \u201cVTOS is supported by the European Social Fund [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}