Seanad debates

Wednesday, 2 October 2019

Social Welfare Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed)

 

10:30 am

Photo of Regina DohertyRegina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will let the Deputy know what we did last year. We actively targeted everybody who was in a jobless household and, in particular, the women in those households because in the main it would be men who were on the social welfare register in some way, shape or form, but women were voiceless and identity-less. They are the women we specifically targeted last year and this year to invite them to come in. We do programmes specifically focused on the people who are not identified as a recipient of a payment in their own right within the Department. Nothing is perfect and no two offices are the same, but I take on board what the Senator has asked us to do.

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