Youth guarantee - Doomed to fail without proper funds

The only real guarantee emerging from the EU’s youth guarantee scheme is that, while it may succeed elsewhere, it is guaranteed to fail in Ireland unless the Government gets serious about funding it properly.

Under the scheme, due to begin next year, all under-25s must be given an offer of high quality employment, education or training within four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education.

A summit of EU leaders gathered in Paris yesterday to put the guarantee into practice and Enda Kenny was among those who attended.