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

I welcome the review of the RSS. I presume there will be widespread consultation on it because that would be really important. It is the people on the ground who are well placed when it comes to a review of the scheme.

Could the Minister provide us with an update on the ongoing issues involving the pay and conditions of CE supervisors and assistant supervisors? This has been a significant issue across the board.

It is also important to remember Tús. It is a one-year scheme. I ask the Minister to look at extending that. I do not see the benefit of having someone on a scheme for a year. Many participants on the scheme will tell you that it is not long enough. I do not see the benefit of putting them back on jobseeker's allowance instead of it being a two-year scheme. They do not always go back on jobseeker's allowance but that is what participants will tell you about the length of that scheme.

Regarding the end of local employment services and job clubs, are there any plans for any contracted services or tenders for any other schemes for this year or any planned changes? Regarding the end of JobPath, aside from the approximately 20,000 people who went on it at the start of 2022 and remain on it, are there plans to review that scheme, its benefits and how it has worked? From the figures I have from the end of December, it looks like it has a success rate of 8.7% if you take out the 20,000 who are still engaged. Given the hundreds of millions of taxpayers' money spent, I do not think it has been a success and a review of it is really important.