263. Deputy John Halligan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will give her estimation of the success of the Tús work placement initiative since its implementation four years ago; her plans to extend the placement period beyond one year; if it is still considered that the implementation of this initiative, and others like it, is not an exercise in manipulation of the national unemployment figures in view of the fact that participants, though still paid by her Department, are no longer considered dependent on social welfare and are not reflected in the national unemployed figures; her views that particular groups calling for the cessation of such initiatives and programmes, on the basis that they exploit the unemployed and allow sometimes unscrupulous employers take advantage of the long-term unemployed, are not without foundation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15446/15]

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263. Deputy John Halligan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will give her estimation of the success of the Tús work placement initiative since its implementation four years ago; her plans to extend the placement period beyond one year; if it is still considered that the implementation of this initiative, and others like it, is not an exercise in manipulation of the national unemployment figures in view of the fact that participants, though still paid by her Department, are no longer considered dependent on social welfare and are not reflected in the national unemployed figures; her views that particular groups calling for the cessation of such initiatives and programmes, on the basis that they exploit the unemployed and allow sometimes unscrupulous employers take advantage of the long-term unemployed, are not without foundation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15446/15]

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