PQ 87
87. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently recorded as being in employment while also in receipt of working family payment or jobseeker’s allowance (casual); the breakdown of these workers by sector and average weekly hours worked; the steps being taken to address involuntary part-time and low-hours employment; and whether the Government accepts that the persistence of in-work poverty indicates a failure to provide secure and adequately paid employment. [30632/26]
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87. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently recorded as being in employment while also in receipt of working family payment or jobseeker’s allowance (casual); the breakdown of these workers by sector and average weekly hours worked; the steps being taken to address involuntary part-time and low-hours employment; and whether the Government accepts that the persistence of in-work poverty indicates a failure to provide secure and adequately paid employment. [30632/26]
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