Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When Fianna Fáil cut jobseeker's allowance in 2009 it also claimed it would have training interventions but they did not materialise. The Labour Party was quick to point it out then, but the same is true today. People need jobs and proper labour activation but the Government is asleep at the wheel. It is failing our young people, and cutting their welfare, the only modest support for them and their families, will leave many with no option but to emigrate. This is official Labour Party policy.

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