‘High-class roles should not be above JobBridge’

Labour TD Joanna Tuffy said she did not understand “why some things are above” the scheme during a meeting yesterday of the Oireachtas Education and Social Protection Committee, which heard the programme may be dropped next year.
Responding to concerns from Independent senator Gerard Craughwell and representatives of the National Youth Council of Ireland that a significant minority of people who accept JobBridge placements are being taken advantage of by companies, Ms Tuffy said nothing could be further from the truth.