Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Invest in Irish Job Scheme: Discussion.

3:25 pm

Ms Caroline Casey:

I can feel that this sticks in Deputy Humphrey's craw and I understand that. This is really uncomfortable. The Deputy said it would turn his stomach. It would turn my stomach too, as it would those of all of us who, like the Deputy, work in the sector. This sector is not just the not-for-profit sector. It is our country and it affects us all in different ways. If this goes belly-up it has many implications that are startling for those in government and for citizens. Even the Ireland Funds and the extraordinary work it does meets only 10% of the requirement to deal with the €50 million cliff about which we have talked.