Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for her responses. Could she outline specifically what the request for tender means for current job clubs? While there is a lot of focus on the LES, I refer to job clubs. Is the Minister able to tell us whether there will be a referral fee built into the aforementioned 90% of fees? I ask her to confirm that the model is shifting to payment by results.

To be clear as well on the level of consultation, which I acknowledge, my point was that I believe the LES thought there would have been a pleasant surprise with this tender in respect of job clubs, but that has not been the case. From my engagement and meetings with several job clubs and local employment services, there is a feeling that they were consulted with but not listened to, from the looks of this tender.