Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 December 2021

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

9:30 am

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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I thank Mr. McKeon for answering that.

He stated that there is an annual contract with the local employment services, not a contract of indefinite duration. How does that align with employment law? Once a person is two years and nine months on a temporary contract, he or she is entitled to a permanent contract. How can a local employment service stay within the law for some of its employees with that kind of arrangement? Will that be the kind of arrangement if the service is contracted out?