John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the procurement process, the Minister did not answer a couple of my questions on the €20 million condition that was used for JobPath. I appreciate she may not have started consideration of the tender but there are serious concerns about the matter. I also questioned the Minister using the payment-by-result model. On the EU guidelines, I acknowledge the Minister's point that she cannot share the information given by the Attorney General. The Attorney General gave the go-ahead for the SICAP tenders. The EU guidelines, which I quoted earlier, provide that services of general interest expressly include services provided directly to the person such as social assistance services, employment and training services. These services are specifically mentioned in the list of services of general interest. I firmly believe we can address this without having to place the services out to tender. I am not going to give up on the matter.