‘Pathways’ employment initiative will railroad unemployed into precarious work

The Government has been coy about its new plan to force people into work, however unsuitable, suggest Tom Boland and Ray Griffin.

Election promises are trumpeted loudly to gain votes. Yet the Government’s ‘Pathways to Work, 2016-2020’ was published last month without fanfare, and nobody complained of auction politics.

Under the 2010 bailout, Ireland was obliged to enforce ‘active labour market policies’, which exist across Europe, but which were ignored during the Celtic Tiger.