Minister Quinn announces eligibility change to Springboard - Six-month unemployment requirement waived for final course places [education.ie]
- Published: 02 September 2011
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., has announced today that the requirement to be out of work for six months or more to access a Springboard programme will be relaxed for the final phase of recruitment to Springboard 2011.
Minister Quinn said, "Having given first opportunity to this target group I have now decided to waive the six months waiting period, in response to the huge level of demand from unemployed people for Springboard programmes.
"This includes people who have lost their jobs within the last six months and people who have been unemployed for much longer but have managed to find temporary work, for a few weeks or months at a time.
"These people will now be facilitated to take up the remaining places available under Springboard."
Some 6,000 places are being provided through Springboard as part of the Government's Job Initiative, launched last May.
Full Story: www.education.ie
