Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Pathways to Work 2013: Discussion with Department of Social Protection
2:55 pm
Ms Anne Vaughan:
It would be extremely helpful to look at the committee's report and we will do so. I was aware of the report, but I have not yet looked at it in detail.
Senator David Cullinane is right. There are many new bodies and approaches. There is also the transformation of both our part and the education part of the business. I know that divisional managers are, as Intreo offices come on side, organising various information sessions locally to bring various groups together, including employers, and for jobs fairs, which is good. I have mentioned that all of this will work if it works locally, which is important, regardless of whether it applies to a city, a town or a rural area.
The Senator made a point about the differences between schemes. I have mentioned the fact that we have too many schemes. We need to streamline them, as we are doing. A review was carried out last year of the various activation schemes-----