Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As Deputy Rabbitte said, the Government has treated the supervisors with contempt. Government members are there for the photo opportunities, there for the spin and there to take every opportunity for their own self-promotion. When decent people have contributed to their communities, when they have sought to bring others with them and provide a centrality and a hub for the people they represent in their community centres, GAA clubs and the voluntary sector, they have been driven out at retirement stage because of contempt and because of a delay in the process through which they should get a pension and get their entitlements.

Deputy D'Arcy's speech mentioned mobility. In my constituency of Dublin West I have seen that the only mobility people are getting in regard to CE schemes is that they are being sent home, whether it is people retiring or people who are trying to participate in CE schemes not getting an extension. It is an attempt by the Government to privatise this process. It is wrong and it has to be changed.

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