Quinn: Single-payment social welfare system will take years to set up

The Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has said it will take a number of years to implement a new single-payment social welfare system, which will include a cash penalty for people who don't avail of retraining.

Under the "Prediction of Exit" scheme, to be announced by the Social Protection Minister Joan Burton next week, people will be given a date when they should be off the Live Register.