Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. McKeon for all the information he has provided. We need job activation. We need to help people, particularly those who are long-term unemployed, to get back into employment. We are not criticising the great efforts being made by the Department but we are flagging that there are some areas of concern, particularly with regard to the two main outsourced contracts. I again thank the Department and every official within it for the extraordinary work they have done, particularly over the last eight or nine months. It has been absolutely fantastic. I ask Mr. McKeon to relay that back to his staff because it is important that they hear it.