Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)

In the summer during the Dáil recess, the Minister announced that he would create 10,000 to 15,000 community scheme places. The rural social scheme has worked very well and while I would like to see more places on that scheme, it would only deal with a certain section of society. How does the Minister propose to get the other 300,000 people on to community schemes such that there is no extra cost to the State?

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