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by negamax 798 days ago
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Welfare dependency in Ireland is of another level. 4% figure is cooked by engaging people into government skill programs

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So, the biggest items under social protection:

* Pension (10.69bn) - Can't touch this

* Illness, disability, and carers (5.6bn) - This is also largely old people; a lot of it should arguably come out of the health budget

* Working age income supports (4.11bn) - This is programmes for low-income working people.

Way down the bottom: "Working age employment supports", at 655mn. That's the dole. It is comparatively nothing.

Again, what specific changes do you think should be made? How would they be beneficial?

Isn’t the debt then also cooked because the majority was from a government provided bailout program for the banks?