Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Browne should not call me obtuse. Terms and conditions attach to every activation scheme. The current terms and conditions with CE schemes are two years and three years, with an extension to seven years in a person's total working lifespan. Nobody is taken off a CE scheme. People come to the end of their term and have to go to other activation programmes, as is the norm. The CE schemes are under review in the context of changing those terms and conditions to reflect some of the things Deputy Browne suggested. He should please not misrepresent the schemes that were established by his party some years ago.

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