Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It does not matter. It existed previously but there are issues with it there too. Nobody should do work experience for whatever minimum or maximum rate of social welfare they are on. Work experience should not factor as an option to receive social welfare. If you are doing work experience in a factory, an office, Google or wherever, you should be doing it for the same rate of pay or living wage as anyone else at your rate of pay. It says here that you can lose your payment if you do not engage in the prescribed work experience mentioned. Will someone work 30 or 40 hours somewhere and only receive the rate of pay set out here, while doing the same job as other people? This legislation-----