Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister refers to people going to court because their good names are impugned. If somebody is disqualified from being involved in the JobBridge scheme because they have been found to be exploiting young people who want to get into employment and those who are long-term unemployed, surely they deserve to have their names published. The Minister is using a different excuse than his predecessor who used the excuse of commercial sensitivity. I would have thought that if some business person is listed as a tax defaulter, it would have some commercial impact on his business.

First, will the Minister give me an assurance that in the new scheme he will introduce, he will carefully examine the question of naming and shaming? That would serve as a deterrent to would-be abusers. Second, will the Minister give an assurance that under the new scheme, whenever it is introduced, he will have a proper monitoring system to ensure interns get the experience and skills they have signed up for?

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