During the Order of Business in the Seanad, I said: Will the Leader consider allowing a debate on the report of the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation entitled, Creating Policies that Work - Actions to Address Youth and Long-Term Unemployment, which was launched yesterday and is worthy of discussion?

One of its proposals is that we introduce a youth guarantee in order that anybody under the age of 25 years who has finished his or her education and has not found a job within four months would be given a guarantee of either further education, an apprenticeship, a traineeship or a job.

This concept is based on a similar strategy in Austria, Sweden and New Zealand. It would be very worthwhile to discuss this proposal because the benefits that would result are such that it should be brought to the attention of everybody involved in job creation.

The day before yesterday I went to Dundalk Institute of Technology to speak on the subject of entrepreneurship. All students take a module in entrepreneurship. It is a real reminder that we can do things ourselves rather than expecting others to do them for us.