John Kelly (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister. I also welcome the JobsPlus initiative. The Minister may recall that I suggested this initiative to him eight or nine months ago at this committee. I said it was pointless paying someone the full rate of social welfare to stay at home and do nothing when half of the payment could be given to an employer to take a person off the live register. The Minister did not warm to my proposal at the time-----