Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This Bill replicates the existing requirements concerning our jobseeker’s payments. It does nothing more or less. The activation is a positive intervention in place to prevent jobseekers from drifting farther away from the labour market. It is widely used across the EU and OECD countries. It is essential that recipients of the pay-related benefit be supported through the activation process in the exact same way that recipients of the jobseeker’s benefit and jobseeker’s allowance have been. That is why I cannot accept the amendment.