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Cuts to the dole payment for those under 26 defended

    The Social Protection Minister has again defended the cut to the Dole payment for p...
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23.28 6 Nov 2013


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Cuts to the dole payment for those under 26 defended

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23.28 6 Nov 2013


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The Social Protection Minister has again defended the cut to the Dole payment for people under 26.

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Joan Burton says Ireland is slowly abandoning its 'passive' welfare system.

 

She was speaking in the Seanad as senators voted to approve the cut, which was announced in last month's Budget.

 

The minister says the State has a responsibility to get people into training and apprenticeship programmes like JobBridge:

 

 

 


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