Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion

5:50 pm

Mr. Stuart Duffin:

I am going to make two controversial points first. We need to be mindful of the Scandinavian model. It is good for services but there are penalties and conditions attached to non-engagement that are fairly harsh. It is fine in terms of services but not in terms of the whole package.