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

I do not think it is beneath people. The evidence and advice I receive from case officers working with people who are trying to get a job - perhaps they are trying to get a job in a cafe or a restaurant; good for them if they do - is that if a person has on his or her CV real work experience with a small employer, an SME, it is valuable and makes it easier for him or her to get a job than it is for somebody who has no work experience with a real employer.

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