John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

They know the various programmes the Government is promoting within the social welfare system are not working to the benefit of the hardcore 12% of people who are unemployed. Individuals are being let go from jobs, only to be replaced within weeks by people on the JobBridge scheme. Real courses for real jobs are not being implemented. The Government is messing around with the statistics. It is not actually doing anything. The numbers are coming down because a few jobs are being created and because the vast bulk of young people have left. During the 2011 general election campaign, I was struck by the sadness of grandparents who will not see their children's children reared near them. The reality is that they will probably not see them at all other than on Skype. The reforms the Government promised have not been implemented and will not help those people. As a result, people are even more cynical about politicians at election time. Deputy Rabbitte let the cat out of the bag when he said that regardless of what one tells the people at election time, one can do what one likes if one gets in.

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