John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

A lot of questions have been asked about performance. The witness probably does not have all the figures to hand, but they would be useful. He has talked about the JobPath scheme being evaluated, and I understand that. However, there must be clear performance indicators which can be monitored on a continual basis. There must be an indication of the average cost per job etc. Does the Department have key performance indicators, KPIs, of that kind? I do not expect the witnesses to give them to us now, but I ask for them to be submitted to the committee. The Department can hardly wait several years to evaluate a scheme. That long-term evaluation is one element, but there must be continual monitoring and evaluation of the programme with reference to targets and KPIs. If those are available, I would like for them to be submitted to the committee in writing.