Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection
EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed)
12:15 pm
Mr. John McKeon:
If the Deputy looks at the numbers - I do not have them in front of me - approximately 0.6% of jobseekers are being managed at any point in time and are on a penalty rate of payment. It is a very low number. Previously at this committee and at the Committee of Public Accounts, I cautioned about this because I understand and I hear the concerns. I get a lot of these calls, as the Deputy does. I am not suggesting the Deputy is doing it but we have to be careful about creating a narrative that it is widespread and that it is everywhere because it is not.
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