60-year-old unemployed Donegal man offered job in Malta by dole office

A letter an unemployed Donegal man received from the Department of Social Protection offered him a job in Malta.

We know times are tough here but should the bit of government responsible for getting people back to work be promoting emigration?

A Donegal man was sent this letter and while the Irish Times report that the Department defended the letter there has been an outcry from  those who think that the offer of a job, below the Irish wage, that far away from home, is a bit much.

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The department say that the European Employment Service is used by all EU nations and that “any such employment opportunities which the Department of Social Protection brings to the attention of jobseekers are completely voluntary and people who do not avail of them will not lose their social welfare entitlements here.

“It is an opportunity for Irish jobseekers to seek work in other EU countries in the wider European market and equally, it provides jobseekers abroad with an opportunity to find work with companies based here in Ireland where such vacancies cannot be filled by jobseekers in Ireland.”