Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

We removed 300,000 people from the universal social charge which Fianna Fáil had introduced. We are making reforms in the area of social protection. The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, is the man who introduced the social employment schemes which the Government is committed to maintaining. We are supporting them. The amount of money available for labour activation-----

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