Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

Community Employment Programme

10:40 am

Photo of John BradyJohn Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Okay.

Supervisors have a serious issue with their entitlement to pensions. I believe the WRC made a ruling on pensions for supervisors and assistant supervisors. What work is the Department doing to address that?

I believe JobPath is having a very detrimental impact. Does the Department view the training within JobPath as being satisfactory?

I have not met anyone who has voluntarily participated in JobPath. I have met many people who would do anything to get on a community employment scheme because of the training that is provided in such schemes. I have yet to meet anyone who believes the level of training offered through the JobPath scheme is of a high standard. It is a brilliant scheme, but it needs to be tweaked. It is clear that there are issues with it. I ask the witnesses to respond to some of the points I have made.

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