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Watermeter

“On completion the intern will have attained skills in installation of water meters, water pipe laying, use of manual tools e.g. jack hammer, abrasive wheels, etc., and use of computerised mapping equipment. The intern will also have gained insight in the areas of signing, lighting and guarding of work areas and locating of under ground services.”

Last February, Environment Minister Phil Hogan announced that 1,600 jobs will be created installing more than one million meters over three years, starting in July – with 25% of all jobs, or 400, going to people ‘in need of work’.

Meanwhile, ‘non craftspeople’ have paid more that €600 on two-day training courses to install the meters.

Hmmm.

Previously: Still Nothing To See Here

Thanks John and Paul Reynolds

bandon

“The intern will receive formal/informal training in the following: classroom teaching, working with children with special needs, classroom management, organisation and school planning…No experience required.“

 

Earlier: The Sow That Eats Her Own Farrow

Thanks Bryan Wall

Passionate about news and sports reporting? Fancy a career in media? Well, Ocean FM in Sligo is hiring a reporter through the JobBridge intern scheme. There’s a catch though, there always is.

“If you are not on the above payments or are in receipt of Blind Pension or Widows Pension you are ineligible to participate in JobBridge..”

Ah!

JobBridge

RadioNation.ie

 

00144105Phew.

Not so fast.

Eamon Gilmore went on RTE R1’s  Morning Ireland earlier to explain [to presenter Gavin Jennings} the budget cuts stuff that’s happened to benefits to people under 26.

Caution: It gets a bit ORWELLIAN.

Gavin Jennings: “How will cutting a young person’s dole payment incentivise them into work?”

Eamon Gilmore: “It’s not about incentivising them into work. This government believes that young people should be at work, in education or in training. And that is why we have committed to the Youth Guarantee, this is the idea that no young person under the age of 25 should be out of work or out of education or training for more than four months.”

Jennings: “But then why are you cutting their benefits?”

Eamon Gilmore: “We’re not cutting their benefits.”

Jennings: “But you are. From 188 to 144 or 144 to 100 Euros.”

Gilmore: “Those payments are already in place. What we are doing is extending the age at which those payments will apply.”

Jennings: “You’re cutting the payments to people between 22 and 25 this morning. “Just to be clear.

Gilmore: “Well to be clear about it, what this Government is about is ensuring that young people have a job or have education or training. We do not believe, let’s be very clear about it, this government does not believe that somebody should go on to an employment payment at 18 and still be on it continuously at the age of 25 -26.”

Jennings: “Are you saying it is their fault that they’re not taking up places in jobs and you’re going to punish them for it?”

Gilmore: It’s not their fault. It is the Government’s responsibility to ensure that employment and education and training is provided

Jennings: “But you’re punishing them?”

Gilmore: “And that is why in this Budget we have provided for an additional 500 million Euros package to create employment and generate the jobs into which these young people go. But we also know that for young people to take up employment opportunities they have to have the appropriate education and training and that is why too this budget has 740 million Euros in it for the further education and training sector and why we have in addition provided for 14 million additional Euros for the Youth Guarantee Project for which there is matching European funding.”

Listen here

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90170000(Enda Kenny and members of young Fine Gael in 2009 with passports and suitcases to “outline alternatives to the worrying trend in emigration”)

Via Welfare.ie:

Providing for an additional intake of 1,500 young people to the JobBridge national internship scheme.

In parallel, the Department is announcing changes to income support for young people.

With effect from January 2014, people without children aged 18-24 years in receipt of Jobseeker’s Allowance will receive €100 per week unless they are an existing claimant on a higher rate, in which case their rate will not change.

People without children aged 18-24 years in receipt of Jobseeker’s Allowance or Supplementary Welfare Allowance will receive €100 per week unless they are an existing claimant on a higher rate, in which case their rate will not change.

People without children aged 25 years in receipt of Jobseeker’s Allowance or Supplementary Welfare Allowance will receive €144 a week unless they are an existing claimant on a higher rate in which case their rate will not change.

This weekly €144 rate will increase to €188 when they reach 26 years of age. All jobseekers aged 18-25 years who participate in the Back to Education Allowance scheme will receive €160 per week.

 

Anon writes:

What I can see from these proposals is if you’re unemployed and aged between 18-26, you have a choice of emigrating (if you can afford to) or go to work on JobBridge for an extra €50 a week (for up to 18 months!).
As far as I know, JobBridge was intended for highly skilled jobs, how many of these positions will be like that?
If you’re aged between 18 and 26 and lose your job, how will you get to pay rent, pay bills and things like a car loan? Not everyone has the option of moving back to live with their parents.

 

Minister Burton’s Budget package protects pensions, other weekly welfare payments and Child Benefit (Welfare.ie)

Previously: It’ll Be Instagrand

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

jobJobbridge and direct provision.

Together at last.

Deadbeatdolehead writes:

Just to point out that despite their apparent financial success at providing accommodation for refugees in Ireland, Bridgestock Group were recently looking for a free Admin Assistant through JobBridge. Cached link above (as original job posting has expired):

 

 

Yesterday: “Issues Too Extensive To Catalogue Individually”