Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Pathways to Work: Department of Social Protection

2:10 pm

Ms Anne Vaughan:

I personally would not have a problem with that, although I am aware that perhaps not all of those in my organisation would agree with me. It is a little like a good cop, bad cop scenario. I believe the more an officer can do for the person for whom he or she is providing a service in that whole end to end scenario, the better, and the imposing of a penalty would be a last resort.