Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 March 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection
EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed)
10:30 am
Mr. Michael Bowe:
At this point in time, we are not aware of a company in jeopardy or difficulty as a result of the reductions. The good part is that there is dialogue with the Department as the reductions are being managed. It is evident that there are some reductions but nobody is in trouble. We will find a way to manage it. Hopefully, everything will ramp up again and we will be able to respond in that way because there are still plenty of unemployed people for whom Tús or community employment is an appropriate starting point.
With regard to the national rate, we do not have the totality of the Department's national figures. We can surmise but it is the Department that has them.
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