151. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will extend the time a person may stay on the Tús work placement initiative scheme from one year, particularly where participants are unlikely to obtain work from private sector employers due to either social issues or other reasons; his views that forced unemployment has a very detrimental effect on a person’s health, leading him or her generally to visit the doctor more frequently, take more medicine and suffer from higher morbidity; his further views that it would be a positive step forward to assist persons who are unlikely to obtain employment to stay engaged with work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20279/16]

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151. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will extend the time a person may stay on the Tús work placement initiative scheme from one year, particularly where participants are unlikely to obtain work from private sector employers due to either social issues or other reasons; his views that forced unemployment has a very detrimental effect on a person’s health, leading him or her generally to visit the doctor more frequently, take more medicine and suffer from higher morbidity; his further views that it would be a positive step forward to assist persons who are unlikely to obtain employment to stay engaged with work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20279/16]

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1. 7 July 2016

   Work Placement Programmes

   151. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will extend the time a person may stay on the Tús work placement initiative scheme from one year, particularly where participants are unlikely to obtain work from private sector employers due to either social issues or other reasons; his views that forced unemployment has a very detrimental effect on a person’s health, leading him or her generally to visit the doctor more frequently, take more medicine and suffer from higher morbidity; his further views that it would be a positive step forward to assist persons who are unlikely to obtain employment to stay engaged with work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20279/16]

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