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Greetings from the dole queue
14.04.10
SINN Féin in Inishowen
yesterday launched a postcard telling An Taoiseach
Brian Cowen 'Greetings from the dole queue'.
Cllr Pádraig MacLochlainn and colleagues including
Senator Pearse Doherty launched the campaign to urge
the Government to take action on youth unemployment
in the county.
They want people to sign their name on the new
postcards that are addressed to the Taoiseach.
Latest national figures show there are nearly 5,000
young people under 25 out of work in Donegal.
The new SF postcard reads: “I want to work! I don’t
want to be on the dole. I don’t want to emigrate. I
am unemployed and I need a job. I want to put my
skills and education to work. You need to act now to
create jobs for the unemployed. Doing nothing just
isn’t good enough.”
Senator Doherty said Sinn Féin had published
proposals that would get 50,000 people under 25 off
the dole immediately and create jobs in the years
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"The proposals include
a specific youth jobs fund, measures to facilitate
self employment and a specific focus on growth
sectors such as digital media, tourism, green jobs
and agri-food," said Senator Doherty.
“Every one of the almost 5,000 unemployed young
people in Donegal has something to offer. They do
not want to be on the dole. We need a strategy that
will enable these young people to put to use the
skills they have learned and to play their part in
getting the economy back on track."
Sinn Féin hit out at the coalition Government saying
it had "done nothing by way of implementing a
strategy for job creation". The party slated the
recent social welfare cuts which it said were
"designed to push young people into jobs and courses
which simply do not exist". "If we work together we
can send a message to the Government – doing nothing
isn’t good enough - jobs for Donegal now," added
Senator Doherty. |
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