Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 November 2020

Public Accounts Committee

2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments

11:30 am

Mr. John McKeon:

We measure that out to a 12-month perspective, so it is 12 months. The number of people who have had the opportunity to develop a 12-month employment is obviously much lower than the 280,000 because of people still on the programme or people who only completed it two, three or six months ago. So, all would have a long-----