Are we being too generous to those who are on social welfare?

Published: May 23, 2022, 7:46 a.m.

b"There are currently around 150,000 people on social welfare across the country and,\\xa0with the hospitality sector on its knees due to staff shortages, is it time we start looking at the unemployment benefits in Ireland?\\xa0\\nTo discuss Ciara spoke to Adrian Cummins Chief Executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland and People Before Profit TD for Dublin southwest Paul Murphy.\\nListen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast\\xa0on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\nDownload, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.\\n\\xa0\\xa0 \\nYou can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.\\n\\n "