Áine Collins (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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I welcome the delegation and thank them for the information pack. In common with Deputy Lyons, I have come across cases in which people aged 50-plus got back into work through the internship and have created jobs for themselves. I have seen and heard about these cases on the ground.

It is proposed to double the number of activation officers to 600. I came across a problem in Charleville that was caused when the activation officer who used to come to the town one day a month was moved from Mallow to the Limerick office. The Limerick office was not able to provide the activation officer and Charleville has been without an activation officer for the past two to three months. The situation has not been resolved. Will the delegation look into that for me? I have not been able to get an answer from the local office.

Is everybody in receipt of a payment from the Department of Social Protection on a database? Can I ring and find out how many people are unemployed in Cork north west and what their skills sets are?