Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

He is damn right. It does have limitations. The Government's response to this unemployment crisis also has limitations. I do not know whether it was Deputy Creed or Deputy Anne Ferris who said these places should be offered to people if they choose to take them up. There is no option to take up these places. There is a compulsion to take them up.

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