. This warrants continuous investment in improving education and lifelong training, in terms of both quality and quantity … women, older adults, internal migrants, disadvantaged groups, and foreign workers. Expanding access to early childhood … encouraging investment in skills. The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted workers’ insufficient protection against shocks, underlining …

activation of the existing talent pool, in particular female, elderly and migrant workers is also needed to address the ageing of … all categories of workers; and providing the right incentives to R&D to boost long-term innovation. …

Credit, and the employment programme for disadvantaged workers, Work Programme, will generally improve work incentives and … inequality, as low education achievements penalise children from lower socio-economic backgrounds. Vocational training needs to …

Irish youth was hit hard by the crisis. Many young workers have remained unemployed for a long time and, unless it is … can get back to work as soon as the recovery strengthens. For many young workers learning new skills is the way to get …