Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed)

12:15 pm

Photo of Bríd SmithBríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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That is fair enough. It was introduced in 2011 at the height of chronic unemployment in the country and there was 359 sanctions but last year when we are nearly out of the unemployment crisis, it was 16,451.