The Taoiseach has rejected suggestions that the government may have put pressure on the ESRI to withdraw a report, claiming that 44 per cent of working families would be better off on the dole.
Enda Kenny says the ESRI is an independent organisation – and he would not stand over any attempt by the government to have the report withdrawn.
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The think tank last night withdrew the study on the costs associated with going to work – claiming it had concerns about the findings.
But the report’s author Richard Tol is standing over it.
