Call for increased benefits after black year for jobs

LAST year was a black time for jobs, with the second highest level of redundancies since 1984, new figures have shown.

Sat, 06 Aug, 2005 - 01:00
Ed Carty

With 24,969 losing their jobs in 2004, the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed called on the Government to reintroduce a pay-related benefits scheme.

Eric Conroy, INOU general secretary, claimed welfare payments needed to be increased to match the contributions made by workers during their careers.

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