Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is right that the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform has a key role in this. The Deputy provided some detail. I am not sure some of it is correct in terms of what has been agreed. There is a willingness on our side to discuss the issue. I do not want to get into negotiations on the floor of the House on what is doable or not. We had to postpone the previously scheduled meeting but I expect the rescheduled meeting will take place before Christmas. That is my expectation and intention. It is important to reiterate that the roles are different. The roles of community employment supervisors, Tús supervisors and RSS supervisors are not exactly the same. In many respects, we treat them as one group and they do valuable community work and support people in their placements in a similar way but there are differences. That is key, and I underline that.

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