Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection
Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection
2:45 pm
Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)
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Yes, this is an employer. Equally, employees are also giving feedback to the employer suggesting that if they take a given job at €12 odd per hour they will lose their benefits and they know about the transition re-arrangements. There is work to be done around communication. I like the proposal about a better-off-at-work calculator, but can Ms Faughnan bring it to the Minister? It might need a widespread information campaign. It could save a good deal of money on welfare.