Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 January 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection
Labour Activation Measures: Discussion (Resumed)
10:00 am
Kevin Humphreys (Labour) | Oireachtas source
The other issue people should be aware of is the fact that the JobPath payment is tied to the client's satisfaction rating. If the client's experience is bad, it affects the JobPath payment. Elements of it need to be brought out more. I am worried about the parking of the benefits, given that they used to be advertised on the radio and in the newspapers at key times in the year such as Christmas, informing people that if they took up temporary work it would not affect their social welfare payments. It was a very good awareness programme which helped people back into work. We need to ensure those-----
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