Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Surely JobPath should be the last resort. If Mr. X is offered a place on a CE or Tús scheme at the same time that he is selected for JobPath, it is his preferred option, he is doing something useful and he is getting actual training instead of sitting in front of a screen every time he meets the Seetec people, surely that scheme is the better option. If the plumber up the road wants to start his own business, seeing as how there is high demand for plumbers all of a sudden to fix leaks, surely he or she should be able to get free of JobPath, but that is not possible. I cannot understand why everything is being pushed into JobPath. When the Department says that Mr. X should leave JobPath and join a Tús scheme, JobPath tells him that he cannot.