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Presentation to Oireachtas EU Affairs Committee
on Youth Guarantee

• James Doorley, Deputy Director NYCI
• March 21st 2013

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Introduction

• National Youth Council of Ireland representative
  body and member of C/V pillar
• 50 member organisations working in every
  community in Ireland
• 40,000 volunteers 1,400 full time staff
  equivalents
• 382,000 young people aged 10-24 participating in
  our organisations
• 53 from economic/socially disadvantaged areas

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Data and Numbers

• 68,361 young people on live register-Feb 2013
• Drop from high point of 91,646 on live register
  June 2010
• Long term unemployed risen to 30,815 Oct 2012
• 142,700 under 25s emigrated 2008-2012
• 2012 fall in 20-24 in labour force 12,800 or
  -9.3
• No of under 25s in work btw 08-12 down from
  250,000 to 132,000

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Most Disadvantaged

• Levels of youth unemployment
• 18 among young 3rd level graduates
• 39 among those educated to leaving cert
• 65 among those educated to junior cert
• 70 among those educated to primary level
• 4th highest level of NEETs in EU at 18.4
• 7.5m 15-24 inactive in EU
• 6.5m 25-29 inactive in EU
• 14M population of 7 Member States

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Education and Training

• Not enough places and opportunities to meet
  demand of young jobseekers
• Particularly concerned that most disadvantaged
  those most in need pushed to back of queue
• Excellent schemes like Youthreach dont have
  capacity to meet demand
• Concern about quality of some other programmes.
• Are we spending limited resources well?

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Youth Guarantee

• Strongly welcome Youth Guarantee scheme
• Support idea that young people who have been
  unemployed guaranteed
• NYCI called for examination February 2011
• Has great potential but clarity on detail needed
• 3 key questions
• Funding to increase capacity
• Quality and Progression
• Reaching Supporting the most disadvantaged-hardest
  to reach

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Funding and Capacity

• Approx cost in Sweden per participant 6,600
• For most disadvantaged-low side
• Hard to estimate cost in Ireland
• 6bn from EU funds welcome for regions with 25
  more unemployment
• Irish Govt will have to provide matching funds
• Role for private sector to contribute?
• Our analysis-lack of capacity at present
• How can places be delivered-community and
  voluntary sector have a role to play

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Quality and Progression

• Not about increasing number of places just for
  sake of it.
• Avoid churning young people through courses where
  they end up back to Square1
• Nationally led but locally delivered
• For young ppl best make use of resources need
  opportunities that aid progression over long term
• Concern re payment by results model-UK

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Reaching most disadvantaged

• Reaching the most disadvantaged has to be
  priority-most in need of support
• 17,000 young people 2 years unemployed
• Evidence-Sweden/Finland-programme less successful
  with this group
• Role for youth sector to support this
  group-reach, credibility skills to engage
• Putting proposal to Govt

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• Thanks for invitation
• Happy to answer questions
• james_at_nyci.ie
• www.nyci.ie
• http//www.youth.ie/sites/youth.ie/files/NYCI_051_
  A4_accessible.pdf
• 01-4255944