A Tipperary TD has said that Simon Harris’s recent comments on social welfare recipients were ‘well intentioned’.
Fine Gael’s Michael Murphy outlined that the Tánaiste’s speech at his party’s Ard Fheis conference was aimed at a small cohort of people, who refuse to engage with employment activation measures.
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He accepted that people are on long term payments for complex reasons but was open to fining those who deliberately refuse to engage.
