Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

My experience is the opposite of the Minister's and I believe there is a fair amount of progression. The Minister rightly emphasised labour activation. Some of the courses people take cost anything from €500 to €800. All of that training is gone, which seems a very retrograde step if the Minister is serious about progression. Why did the Minister go ahead with the cuts without carrying out the review first? Why not talk to the people who know best, those represented by the three Deputies present, and then decide what to do in regard to funding?

I notice some key training we give people who work for us in our companies is mandatory, for example, health and safety training. How are we going to do that if there is no funding?

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