Galway Bay FM Newsroom - A Galway East TD claims the Department of Social Protection appears to have lost touch with reality with regards Community Employment Schemes.
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CE schemes are designed to help people who are long-term unemployed to get back to work by offering part-time and temporary placements in jobs based within local communities.
But Deputy Sean Canney says there's been a huge increase in unnecessary paperwork, duplication of paperwork, and difficulties in getting the necessary referrals for vacant places.
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He says these schemes are a lifeline to local communities and Minister Heather Humphreys needs to get a handle on the situation.
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