Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)

We could spend a few hours at it so I will not wander down that road too much apart from saying that the report notes that more than €1 billion of State funding is now being spent annually on measures aimed at helping people to get back to work, as well as tackling problems associated with labour market vulnerability. We have agreed many times that the way out of poverty is through employment. That is the target so we try to help people to obtain more education and training to that end. That is the road to better quality employment. We are investing substantially in that area, which helps greatly.

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