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Launching the National Youth Council’s position paper ‘Creating a Future for Young Jobseekers’ Social Protection Minister Burton thanked its authors Marie-Claire McAleer and James Doorley, and echoed the report’s findings into the wide reaching effects of unemployment.

“'Creating a Future for Young Jobseekers' reiterates a well-known fact. The effects of unemployment go way beyond the economic or financial for the individual and for society. Unemployment has a negative effect on a person’s physical and mental well-being. As the report points out the longer young people are unemployed and not engaged in training, education or work experience, the more difficult it is for them to return to work. We have pledged to tackle this challenge head-on in the Programme for Government.”

Minister Burton added that this report would be a valuable resource for Government in the context of Programme for Government commitments and ongoing work within her Department concerning integrated services and improved access to information, support and opportunities.