Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If the Deputy asks any lone parent about community employment schemes, he will hear about how the Minister has cut them. Her cuts are mean all the time. This year, she has gone after young people aged 22, 23, 24 or 25 who do not have jobs by cutting their payments to €100 a week. The Minister has gone after those who are creating employment by taking away the safety net that existed in the form of the rebate on redundancy payments. Many employers will now be reluctant to take people on because if they have to leave people go, they will face the full cost of redundancy payments. Basically, the Minister thinks people will be fooled if she repeats the mantra that she has not cut primary rates. The reality is that she has cut virtually everybody - children, families, young people, the sick and the old.

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