Dole queue beckons for people dumped from schemes

THREE out of four people dumped from community employment schemes (CES) have ended up back on the dole queues.

Now Fine Gael wants the Government to let them work again on another scheme that would only cost the Exchequer 5 extra a week for each worker.

Fine Gael’s deputy Enterprise, Trade and Employment spokesman, Gerard Murphy said it is absolute nonsense not to let almost 14,000 people work again for such a small amount of money.

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