Community Employment Schemes
Dail Éireann — 2023-12-07
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Joe O'Brien (GP), Dublin Fingal

I know there was a meeting scheduled with officials for last month. There was a genuine reason that did not happen. There was no policy decision not to meet them or to wait and hold off. That was not the case. I think and hope, but do not want to guarantee here on the floor, that the meeting will be rescheduled for some time before Christmas. It depends on people’s availability.
I meet with the key officials weekly on CE, RSS and Tús. We are in close communication. There is a reason we are at the table. It is that we recognise the reality of the figures the Deputy mentioned. There is a case to be made but they are not exactly the same roles, notwithstanding the legitimate argument being made.

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Sitting date: 2023-12-07