John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)

He was the county manager.

We need to think outside the box. The Minister and his colleague, the Minister for Social Protection, are making a number of changes but I hope that they will be in a position to introduce new schemes that target the large number of young people who are on the dole in Wexford and provide them with reskilling and retraining so that they might avail of other opportunities. Will the Minister give serious consideration to this proposal?

I welcome most of the elements in the Bill but the Minister might explain why the reference to agreement has been removed and why decision making falls within his remit.

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