Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 February 2023

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Susanne Rogers:

The barriers to employment are such things as educational attainment level, transport and caring duties. The rate of social welfare as it currently stands is not a barrier to employment. I do not know how anybody would decide to remain on social welfare rather than going to work.