A broad range of opinion, policy review and research on the subject of early school leaving has been published. It takes many forms, books, papers, reports. It is not our intention to reproduce a bibliography containing all these publications. However, we wish to note the following reports and papers as particularly relevant to the report on the Consultative Process.
Department of Education (1995) White Paper: Charting our Education Future. (Dublin).
Department of Education and Science (1999) Green Paper: Adult Education in an Era of Lifelong Learning. (Dublin).
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (1997). White Paper: Human Resource Development. (Dublin).
European Social Fund Programme Evaluation Unit (1996). Early School Leavers Provision (Dublin).
Ryan S./National Co-ordinators, YOUTHREACH (1998): Perceived Needs for Guidance, Counselling and Psychological Services in VEC YOUTHREACH Centres, Community Training Workshops and Senior Traveller Training Centres. (Dublin).
National Co-ordinators, YOUTHREACH (1998): Report of the Task Force on Guidance, Counselling and Psychological Services in YOUTHREACH (Dublin).
Ryan S./National Co-ordinators, YOUTHREACH (1999): Junior Certificate Results 1998 in VEC YOUTHREACH Centres, Community Training Workshops and Senior Traveller Training Centres. (Dublin).
National Social and Economic Forum (1997). Early School Leavers and Youth Unemployment; report no. 11. (Dublin)
Three additional inputs should also be noted. They were internal reports on early school leaving in Dublin City, County Dublin and Cork City, reports commissioned by the Department of Education and Science. They were prepared by CDVEC, County Dublin VEC and Cork City VEC. They were written by, respectively, Elizabeth O'Sullivan, Aideen Quilty and Patricia Doran, and Rory Sheehan.