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

On one specific point that has been raised, I wish to quote an excerpt from Mr. Conlan's contribution to the committee meeting two weeks ago.

I do not wish to delay the meeting on this matter and apologise for the interruption. Mr. Conlan's exact words were as follows:

I emphasise thatJobPath has not replaced any existing service provision, either that provided directly by staff within the Department or that provided under other external activation services... I emphasise thatJobPath does not have any negative impact on the existing local employment service, LES, and Jobs Club services. The Department has continued its contractual arrangements with the LES and Jobs Club providers following the introduction of JobPath.

I ask the witnesses for their response to those remarks.