Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection
Labour Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection
10:00 am
Mr. John McKeon:
Yes; the Labour Market Council did not suggest changing it. The target is to move 50,000 people who were long-term unemployed on 1 January 2016 into employment by the end of the programme. It is considered to be an ambitious target because as the number diminishes it will get harder and harder for people who were unemployed on 1 January this year to get into employment next year.
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