David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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The Chair mentioned the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. I put a series of questions in regard to JobPath to the Accounting Officer of that Department. I find it incredible that the witnesses were able to give us a headline figure of how much was spent over an 18-month period but were unable to break down or even provide a headline figure for how much was spent on the two organisations that deliver JobPath. It is amazing that the overall figure is known and in the public domain but the Department says it cannot give the breakdown because of commercial sensitivity. If organisation A knows it got a certain amount, it then knows how much organisation B got because there are only two organisations involved. There is, therefore, no reason that we cannot be given that information.

I have to leave for personal reasons and wish to address a separate matter that arises under correspondence. Senator Conway-Walsh and Deputy Mitchell submitted a report on JobPath exposed. Can that be held over for discussion next week?