Enterprise allowance scheme and staffing
The Minister said the enterprise allowance scheme was having a good impact after four months and that National Manpower Service staffing was under review to prevent delays.
Would the Minister agree that the new scheme, the Employment Agency incentive scheme, has made a very large contribution to the employment situation? Is he satisfied that the National Manpower Service have sufficient manpower to be able to cope with the development of the scheme?
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——which was discussed at some length yesterday. It is running for effectively only four months and all the indications are that it is making a good impact. As I said yesterday, we are looking at the resources required by the NMS offices throughout the country to make sure that no person is delayed. I think Deputy Fahey from Galway raised this point yesterday. We are reviewing the matter with a view to ensuring that no unnecessary backlogs or delays occur in the operation of that scheme.