Jobless angry at pay cut idea
Mr Goffs remarks were greeted with surprise by university students and outrage by the unemployed. The action committee against dole cuts, a coalition of groups dealing with unemployment, said dole and Access payments had to stay at their present level. Mr Robert Winters, speaking for the coalition, said it seemed that Mr Goff was blaming those who were out of work for the economic woes of the nation. The main problem was still that there were not enough jobs. The Minister talked about removing unjustifiable anomalies but he was proposing to make unemployed people or those on training schemes starve, Mr Winters said.
The University • Students’ Association said that to starve people into education and training would be folly.
Students would welcome any increase to the level of support as a key to improving access to university but were concerned that this would be at the expense of other young people, said the association’s vice-president, Mr Dean Carroll. •
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