Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is appropriate that the Intreo website is offering a community employment scheme (details supplied) in north County Galway for water meter installers. [11148/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The position advertised on the Jobs Ireland website refers to a vacancy on a community-owned group water scheme maintained as part of a Community Employment project. The group water scheme is a non-profit making entity and its sole function is to supply water to its members in the area in question. The duties for the advertised position include the construction of water meter identification posts and concrete meter caps, along with general maintenance and the repair of faulty meters and leaks, for the local group water scheme. The wording “water-meter installer” is not the most appropriate description of the vacant position and should have been described as “maintenance worker”. The actual vacancy has been taken down from the website and it is intended to re-advertise with a more appropriate title.