Chairman:

We have agreed to request the relevant up-to-date information for 2020 to date and to request the total figures for the same years and grades. It was also proposed and agreed that we would also include the number of people with disabilities.

No. 2688 B is from Mr. John McKeon, Secretary General of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, dated 7 January 2020. It provides information requested by the committee on the following: the welfare cheats cheat us all campaign; the number of people in each year who were referred to JobPath and kept a job for more than 12 months; the length of time for the processing of appeals for domiciliary care allowance; and, a note on the cost of delivery of training by external companies. I propose that we also include the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection appropriation account 2019 once it is published in our work programme and include JobPath in agenda. Is that agreed? Agreed.

The reason I am highlighting this is that the figures that came back are very stark. Of 251,890 people who went through JobPath in a five-year period, only. 18,291 people retained employment after 12 months. I am flagging this because it shows that the outcomes of the JobPath programme are very poor despite a lot of money being put into it. I thank members for their co-operation with that.

The next piece of correspondence is No. 2690 B from Mr. Jim Breslin, Secretary General of the Department of Health, dated 7 January 2020. It provides an update requested by the committee on the Farrelly commission of investigation established to investigate the care and protection of "Grace" and others in former foster homes in the south east.

Deputy Carthy and I propose that we write to the Department of Health and request confirmation that the phase 1 report of the Farrelly commission was provided by the outlying date in 2020. Does Deputy Carthy wish to comment?