Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

They have spent thousands. Great credit is due to all of those who were involved in group schemes and have worked so diligently down through the years, and it should be recorded.

There were a number of questions related to the Department of Social Protection, DSP. This will be actioned by the DSP. The Department of Social Protection is quite happy to handle these queries.

It is worth pointing out that the Department of Social Protection has made significant savings by the actions that it has taken as regards the volume of those unemployed who are going back to work. We have the lowest unemployment rate in many years. As a result of those savings-----

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