Dáil debates
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Other Questions
JobPath Implementation
2:25 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
If the Deputy gives me details of that complaint, I will certainly have it investigated.
I do not want to be speaking about an individual without knowing anything about his or her case. However, it is important to say that if one is in receipt of jobseeker's allowance, one is receiving a payment from the taxpayer. A condition of that payment is that one should seek and take up employment. The job may not and probably will not be a job forever or the job of one's choice but it is not the case that one can continue to draw a welfare payment at the expense of the rest of society until one finds the job of one's choice or the job one really wants. It is conditional. That is the basis of the payment. It is not that people are entitled to receive €180 or €200 per week until they find their perfect job.
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