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Unemployment benefit - are we too generous?

Stephen Kearon, Former Government Special Adviser and Secretary of Fianna Fáil Wicklow & D...

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11.23 17 Jun 2019


Unemployment benefit - are we too generous?


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11.23 17 Jun 2019


Stephen Kearon, Former Government Special Adviser and Secretary of Fianna Fáil Wicklow & District Cumann, joins the show to tell us why he thinks, "we should cap the time people can continue to receive unemployment payments”.


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Dole Kieran Cuddihy Newstalk Newstalk Breakfast Shane Coleman Social Welfare Social Welfare Benefits Social Welfare Payments Stephen Kearon Unemployment Benefit Unemployment Benefits Unemployment Payments

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