Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 March 2021
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute
Dr. Karina Doorley:
Yes. That certainly sounds like a good idea on paper. When these supports are withdrawn if there are not enough job opportunities or enough of the right job opportunities for people given their training, some sort of retraining scheme or incentive for them to rejoin the labour market will be needed. One example would be tying extended pandemic unemployment payment or wage subsidy payment to training or job activation measures, or something like that, but it could also take the form of jobs incentive scheme. That kind of thing sounds sensible.
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