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

Every time we have questions the Deputy cannot handle the answers. Of course, when unemployment is down by half there will be fewer referrals. Would the Deputy like us to refer the same people twice or to start referring people who are not unemployed? What is the Deputy seriously suggesting?

With regard to the review, it is not ready for publication. It will be published when it is ready. One of the most interesting statistics from it, which the Deputy will see when it is published, is a comparison of the performance of the different local employment services in terms of the results they get. There is huge variation in that. Some local employment services get excellent results with 49% and 50% of people being placed in employment, while some do quite poorly with as low as 14% in some cases. That will be very useful in determining policy in the future.

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