Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection
Public Service Performance Report: Discussion
9:30 am
Mr. Niall Egan:
The main issue here is the strong labour market performance. If the rules are changed, it will not change that underlying trend, which is the biggest issue. We have changed some of the rules since Covid, we have extended duration on these schemes and, particularly for the cohort from Ukraine, we have increased access from nine months to the CE schemes that are 12 months as a way of proactively engaging with that cohort as they are establishing roots in the country.
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