Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am aware of Abbeyshrule and the improvements that were made there through the community employment scheme. It is well known around the country. I appreciate the benefits of community employment schemes. I will take the specific issues the Deputy raised to the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, to see whether he has any specific knowledge of them. He may engage directly with the Deputy, or the Deputy might engage with the Minister of State, through his office, to try to make progress on the matter. To date, the system has worked very well. There have been millions of transactions. I am glad the Deputy has taken the opportunity to let me know that a problem has arisen in the past few weeks. I will make the Minister of State fully aware of it and ask him to get back to the Deputy directly.

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