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"There's a lot of people on social welfare who just do not want to work"

A Dublin pub manager has claimed that too many people on social welfare "are getting too much for...

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13.40 24 May 2022


"There's a lot of people on social welfare who just do not want to work"


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13.40 24 May 2022


A Dublin pub manager has claimed that too many people on social welfare "are getting too much for nothing and they are getting everything too handy".

There are currently 40,000 job vaccancies in the hoispitality sector.

While at the same time there are 150,000 people on social welfare who are eligible to work.

However Social Democrats TD for Dublin Central Gary Gannon says the reason the hospitality sector are struuggling to find staff is because of low wages.

Our reporter Barry Whyte has been looking into why there are so many job vaccancies in hospitality and other sectors here....


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