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At a time of high youth unemployment and high levels of youth emigration from Ireland, Budget 2014 has delivered another devastating budget for young people. The budgetary measures announced in Budget 2014 are regressive, draconian and grossly inequitable. They target young people and will result in further austerity and hardship for young jobseekers, particularly the most marginisalised and disadvantaged young people.
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In this submission, NYCI outlines what it believes to be priorities for Government action and spending in the areas of:
1. Defending Youth Work Services
2. Providing supports for most disadvantaged young jobseekers
3. Reducing Child Poverty
4. Tackling Alcohol Related Harm
5. Emigration
Download Pre-Budget Submission (pdf) here:
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The Irish Presidency managed to secure the commitment of all member states to the Youth Guarantee. It will give young people under the age of 25 the chance of training or a new job within four months of their becoming unemployed.
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The Contribution of Quality Youth Work
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Maximizing the Potential of Youth Policy
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By interviewing young people who have emigrated to the UK and to Canada
about their experience, the study explores:
1. Where are Irish youth emigrating to and why?
2. How are they settling into life in their host country?
3. What are the challenges they have encountered on this journey?
4. What supports would have made their move easier?
5. Do they envisage returning home in the next 5 years if the economy improves? -
We note that the Convention is focusing on extending to the voting age to 17, however, our submission puts forward the arguments in favour of reducing the voting age to 16 which is consistent with NYCI’s campaign Vote@16 and in line with other EU member states.
Related information, with video of the convention is available at www.voteat16.ie
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The youth guarantee would offer a young person aged 18 to 24 a job, work experience, apprenticeship, training or combined work and training within a defined period of time after leaving school or becoming unemployed.
It is recommended by the European Commission that the youth guarantee should be offered to young people within 4 months of becoming unemployed.
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The results of the cost-benefit assessment of the economic value of youth work presented in this study suggest that the public funding provided by the State for youth work services represents value for money.
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