The Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty is urging Social Protection Minister Joan Burton to clarify if it’s now the policy of her department to seek low paid jobs abroad for unemployed Irish people.
The Donegal South West deputy raised the issue – after one of his constituents showed him a letter he received from the department telling him about a bus driver job in Malta, paying 250 euro per week.
Deputy Doherty has described the move as “outrageous” and has asked the Minister to comment on the matter….
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