Crackdown on jobless refusing offers of work

A CRACKDOWN on unemployed people refusing to take up work offers has sparked an angry response from representatives for the jobless.

Radical plans to push unemployed people back to work will see welfare claimants facing cuts to their dole if they refuse to accept job or training offers.

The targeting of dole recipients refusing to work forms part of Ireland’s bailout EU/IMF agreement, which has pledged to save up to €750 million this year alone in welfare payments.