Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. McKeon. I have a few questions for him and I will probably set out my stall relatively quickly. I have a problem with the idea that people have to work for social welfare and from an ideological perspective, that is wrong. With JobBridge and labour activation measures, there has been job displacement and exploitation from the start. JobBridge has been controversial from the start, as has the idea that one should work for a certain amount of extra money on social welfare. It has not worked in general. Will the witness comment on that and specifically job displacement? I and other members have seen what were supposed to be full-time jobs replaced by JobBridge and job activation measures, which is completely wrong. What is the future for community employment schemes? Community employment is quite good but it appears to be on the decline.