CHILD'S PAY; Give kids wages for turning up at school says TD.Byline: By PAT FLANAGAN John Patrick "Pat" Flanagan (born 1891 in Preston, Lancashire) was an English footballer. An inside forward, Flanagan played youth football for Stourbridge before joining Norwich City in 1908, before moving to Fulham in 1909. PROBLEM kids could be paid to stay on at school if Fine Gael Fine Gael (fē`nə gāl), Irish political party. Formed in 1933, it was the successor of the party founded by William Cosgrave that held power from the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922 until ousted by the republican Fianna forms part of the next Government, its deputy leader said yesterday. Richard Bruton added children at risk of dropping out should be given cash incentives to stay in their classrooms. Mr Bruton, who would like to be education minister, said some youngsters could earn wages for turning up at school each day. The children would sign a contract promising to "turn up in proper order", do their homework and not have part-time jobs. He added: "Of course, it would have to be for people who were genuinely at risk. "You would have to set criteria and work with the schools to identify those children." Mr Bruton, who is Fine Gael's finance spokesman, insisted his plan was not to bribe BRIBE, crim. law. The gift or promise, which is accepted, of some advantage, as the inducement for some illegal act or omission; or of some illegal emolument, as a consideration, for preferring one person to another, in the performance of a legal act. children but to keep them in education and out of trouble. He said: "We have no problem in paying Youthreach rates [education and training scheme] to someone who drops out of school. "We are quite happy to pay them. Or if they turn 17 and they haven't been following a course since 14, we are quite happy to put them on a Fas course. "Why not intervene intervene v. to obtain the court's permission to enter into a lawsuit which has already started between other parties and to file a complaint stating the basis for a claim in the existing lawsuit. earlier when you can still do something about it?" The deputy claimed the scheme was already in operation in some schools, with cash from local education partnerships. He added: "Obviously, any idea like that has to be tested with the people at the coalface and made to work. Any rough edges have to be ironed out. Irish Mirror Comment: Page 6 news@irishmirror.ie CAPTION(S): PLAN: Bruton |
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