Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There will always be a degree of displacement and dead weight in any employment activation scheme. The same applies to the community employment, CE, scheme. It is an employment activation scheme which I thing the Deputy supports. I have never heard him calling for it to be shut down. It provides services such as meals on wheels and home helps. People on CE schemes do very good work with otherwise would probably have to be tendered for and paid for. Any scheme that gives people a degree of work experience will have a certain degree of displacement. Is the Deputy saying we should shut down all the schemes - Gateway, Tús and CE?

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