Jobless missing interviews

A chara, – The Government’s plan to “take action” on unemployed people who miss interviews with the Department of Social Protection…

A chara, – The Government’s plan to “take action” on unemployed people who miss interviews with the Department of Social Protection is nothing short of threatening (Home News, February 14th). I would like someone in the Government to show me where these magical jobs are that the “unemployed” are so reluctant to take up. Threatening to curtail a jobseeker’s payment because they miss a pointless interview with an overworked and underpaid civil servant hardly warrants such threats. – Yours, etc,

PHILIP ROBINSON,

Roselawn Avenue,

Dublin 15.