Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Pathways to Work 2013: Discussion with Department of Social Protection

3:15 pm

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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In that case, people should just bite the bullet and sign on. In terms of the information that is available, many people do not realise that it is relatively easy to sign off and then sign back on again. Furthermore, in many cases, when people take up employment they are allowed to keep their medical cards. Every day of the week I meet people who tell me they will lose their medical cards if they take up a job. I tell them that is incorrect.