Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 1 May 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 16 - Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 17 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 18 - Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 19 - Domiciliary Care Allowance
Chapter 20 - Invalidity Pension
Social Insurance Fund Annual Accounts 2012
12:15 pm
Áine Collins (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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I will ask about the kind of work the Intreo offices are doing, particularly with those who have been unemployed, the retraining, etc. What kind of training are they doing? Are there a lot of soft skills involved? Is it in, and around, building confidence? From speaking to those who have lost their job, if they do not get re-employed in the first six or 12 months their confidence hits an all-time low. It is a big issue.