Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

Labour activation measures have been a feature of the social welfare system for the past two decades. It has never been the case that people just sign on. That has not been the case for many years. What has happened in this budget highlights the flaw in the economic management council. We were told it went through things line by line. The Taoiseach said it had 14 meetings. We know from the comprehensive spending review and the departmental documents behind it-----

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