Seanad debates
Wednesday, 13 November 2002
Community Employment Schemes: Motion.
It is not a simple matter of asking the reason everybody is not working and there is a need for community employment if there are loads of jobs available to the extent that there are labour force shortages and that labour has to be imported in some sectors. One of the reasons is that some need to remain in supported employment circumstances, as Senator Brian Hayes pointed out. I have spoken to personnel in FÁS and ascertained that some simply cannot manage to maintain a job in mainstream employment and need the support of a community employment scheme. This has to be stated very clearly and must be acknowledged.
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