Timmy Dooley
Question:218 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the situation in relation to the instruction given by SIPTU in recent months to the operators of community employment schemes that trainees on community schemes should not perform jobs for which they are qualified; if her attention has been drawn to this fact; if she has given approval or accepted the SIPTU ruling; if FÁS/SOLAS management has advised that it has accepted the SIPTU ruling; the reason an unemployed electrician cannot do a one-hour electrical repair job for the community employment scheme on which they are working; the reason a trainee on a community employment scheme should be denied the opportunity to keep in touch with their qualifications by dictate from SIPTU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29747/11]
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