Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)

I agree with Senator Cummins. The Minister said that if a person is offered a job, he or she would have to accept the pay and conditions attached to it and that if the person did not accept them, they would no longer be entitled to social welfare benefit. The Minister might elaborate on that. She did not indicate whether the pay involved would be above the minimum wage. I understand the onus will be on a person to make an offer of employment and the terms of employment will be that the pay will be above the minimum wage at the very least, and that if the person refuses the terms of employment, he or she would not be considered again as being eligible for social welfare benefit.