Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 January 2024

Select Committee on Social Protection

Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In many cases, transport is provided. There is a centre in my own town in Monaghan where regular transport is provided in and out of a number of locations during the day into the centre of the town. Local Link has been very good in many areas in changing their routes to accommodate Ukrainian people who are living in rural areas. There is a lot of work ongoing at a community level through the local authorities and the local development companies in trying to make sure we assist people where possible to get transport when they want to go to work.

As the Deputy will know, I changed the CE schemes to allow people to come onto them much more quickly. Many have taken up that offer as well. I do not have the figures, but I know there are more people coming onto CE schemes. There is therefore a lot of work being done at a local level to try to accommodate their needs. At the moment, €38.80 is the payment and I think-----

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