Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
Select Committee on Social Protection
Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary)
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source
I thank the Minister for her time today. There is one final point I wish to make. Today, the EWSS is being reduced. All this week, Ministers and the health advisers to the Government have been publicly discouraging people from engaging with some of these businesses. There is a contradiction there that needs to be acknowledged. We need to look carefully at ensuring that we can try to keep as many people as possible in direct employment and retain that connection with the employer. I will leave that with the Minister. I thank her-----
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