Dáil hears fraud concerns connected to two companies

The Dáil has heard concerns about fraud connected to two companies who have earned €84m from returning people to work here.

The companies have been accused of “profiting” on the backs of people trying to find jobs.

Solidarity-PBP TD Paul Murphy has now called for JobPath, the scheme under which the firms work, to be scrapped. But Taoiseach Leo Varadkar strongly defended welfare and work projects and instead attacked “left-wing” politicians who, he claimed, would ruin the country if in power.