Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection
Absenteeism Costs Arising from Musculoskeletal Disorders: Discussion
2:50 pm
Marie Moloney (Labour)
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That in itself would cause a lot of problems within the Department of Social Protection, because it is easier for it to say one is fit or unfit. It has introduced a partial capacity scheme whereby people can return to work and retain their social welfare payments, which is along the lines of what Dr. Ryan has described. It would probably need to last longer than ten weeks or so. Is Dr. Ryan aware of that scheme?