[…]if young job-seekers entered the Labour Market earning minimum wage the weekly take home pay (minus USC) is approximately €329. This should be considered a financial incentive to work compared to the proposed €188 p/w rate (NYCI, 2016). Despite efforts to implementing the Pathways to Work 5 Year Strategy, which aims to help 50,000 Long-Term Unemployed (unemployed for 12 months) people into jobs (Department of Social Protection, 2015), there are 179,500 persons unemployed. With young people lacking necessary experience in a competitive Labour Market, and a timeframe of up to 12 months being unemployed to enter JobPlus to further obtain […]
[…]and taking time out between sessions. These posters will be sent to colleges across Ireland and we hope to continue and advocate this conversation with our members.” Dr. Eamon Keenan, HSE National Clinical Lead for Addiction services added: ‘We are very pleased to be working in conjunction with the Union of Students of Ireland to deliver this important harm reduction message to students. A key component of this message is to look after yourself and look out for your friends. These drugs have no form of regulation or quality control and the purity, strength and effects vary widely from batch-to- […]
[…]and in dire need of reform. It remains, however, the one thing that manages to keep tens of thousands of our best and brightest afloat long enough to become the highly-skilled, highly-qualified graduates our economy relies on. That is why it is vitally important that having been targeted in four consecutive Budgets, the student maintenance grant is fully protected in both the rate and the threshold in this October’s Budget. We would urge the Minister and the Government to put their faith in the future drivers of this country’s economy, and impose no further austerity on a third-level education system at […]
[…]of this rate follows ongoing negotiations with all major credit providers, headed up by the USI and supported by the Department of Education & Skills and the Higher Education Authority”. Conor McGlynn from Bank of Ireland said “We know that increasing numbers are choosing to continue studying to postgrad level and we are keen to support these students in a practical way. The Bank of Ireland postgraduate loan scheme is very flexible and loans can be made available to postgraduates of all faculties. We hope the introduction of this special loan rate will assist people to further their studies.” USI […]
[…]and secure rental accommodation is available for the needs of the diverse groups of tenants in Ireland and addresses the most pressing issues of students in the private rental market. The most prevalent problems for students in the private rental sector are: increasing difficulty to find accommodation; high, unaffordable rents; reluctance of landlords to rent to students; low quality accommodation; significant distances from college; vague deposit deductions without cost breakdowns; lack of written lease agreements and lack of regulations. In the housing market, students are competing with those who can pay higher rents and therefore are very often […]
