Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Coppinger spent a good deal of time referring to it but it does not apply. The Deputy is criticising what I believe is a good initiative to assist long-term unemployed people who lost their jobs at the beginning of the recession or who came out of college or school and were unfortunate not to get employment. Now, there will be a support service that will assist, help to build people's confidence and work with them to get back into employment.

The idea that we should not help people back into work is wrong.

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