John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It was absolutely appalling.

I remember reading a book by Pádraig Pearse many years ago. It was called The Murder Machineand was about the education system. It contended everyone was moulded to be the same, coming down a conveyor belt.With regard to labour activation, everyone is expected to conform to the same product and have his or her identity done away with solely to get into low-pay, precarious employment. That is the essence of all this. The witnesses have done comprehensive work. It would be very worthwhile if they were prepared to give it to this committee for further analysis. It is powerful work. Have the findings or the report been given to the Minister? The Minister is in complete denial. She still stands over the fallacy that JobPath is the most successful labour activation scheme in the history of the State. She fails to take into consideration that thousands of people have been bullied, intimidated and cajoled and have had their identities robbed, stolen and suppressed to get into low-paid, precarious employment.