Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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I would like to ask a question about casual labour and the disincentive in this regard owing to the loss to individuals of their allowances because our social welfare system is not geared up to deal with the more modern economy in which we live and people taking on jobs for ten or 15 hours per week. Have the witnesses made any submissions to the Minister on this issue which would help us strengthen our case? While we have done so, we also need the organisations to put forward proposals for changes to the social welfare system in respect of casual labour, so as to make it much more flexible in terms of allowing people to take up 15 hours work, spread over two or five days while retaining their social welfare payment.