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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: The Minister will not be surprised that I have a few observations and questions. I eagerly awaited the opening statement which arrived late this afternoon. I read it with some interest. I thank her for coming before the committee, presenting her opening statement and addressing questions. There is an awful lot of concern out there. She has engaged positively with the ILDN but there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: They cited specific programmes that were allowed to proceed without the requirement for open competitive procurement. I quote the presentation made by Mr. Donal Coffey to this committee on behalf of SIPTU: A clearer reading of EU guidelines on competition policy and rules pertaining to state aid outlines how member states can work within the EU procurement environment while still...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: I have a number of queries. I will follow up on some points made by Senator Alice-Mary Higgins on procurement. She is correct regarding SICAP tendering. It was approved by the Attorney General and I am told it was restricted to non-profit companies. The Minister stated there are lessons she may take from the process. I would like to know what she thinks those lessons are. The process did...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: There is competition and we have evidence on that from people within the LES as well as people in other services such as adult guidance. People who had been engaging with those schemes and were then referred to JobPath ultimately ended up back at their starting point a year later. They were taken out of training and education schemes that were working and put sitting in front of a computer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: -----further away from the workforce now because they have been sitting in front of a computer screen for three years. Those people will probably find themselves linked in again with the LES. The Minister did not answer my question on the future of JobPath.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: The Minister stated the programme would be examined in 2021. The contract itself is up this year with a two-year run-off period. The Minister stated that she wants to see the 48,000 people engaged on the programme complete it and she will not make any decisions on the future of JobPath until 2021.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: That is it for now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: I apologise but I have just one more question before the Minister responds. Returning to the issue of procurement, if the Minister does push ahead with open tendering will the €20 million condition that was part of JobPath be part of this tendering process? I have serious concerns if that is what is intended.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: No. I was referring to potential public procurement of LES and other schemes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: On the procurement process, the Minister did not answer a couple of my questions on the €20 million condition that was used for JobPath. I appreciate she may not have started consideration of the tender but there are serious concerns about the matter. I also questioned the Minister using the payment-by-result model. On the EU guidelines, I acknowledge the Minister's point that she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: No. I said JobPath.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: I referred to the current scheme, specifically the LES and job clubs. Will the tender process apply to them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: No. I asked the Minister if she was considering that matter.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (3 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons can be refunded the cost of a taxi to and from a JobPath appointment in cases in which public transport is not available in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15622/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (2 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the age limit for children to access their deceased parents' civil service pension beyond 21 years of age in order to complete a third-level course of education; if there is data on the number currently accessing the scheme; if his attention has been drawn to cases in which the funding ceases upon the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 270. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE early years intervention services in Bray, County Wicklow are being moved from Bray health centre to Wicklow primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14878/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (2 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that received a letter from her Department advising them of the recalculation of their State pension rate; and the number of persons that received a letter seeking additional information as part of the recalculation of their State pension rate in tabular form. [14952/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (2 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons having their State pension rates recalculated; the number of these cases that have been finalised to date; the number of new payment rates that have been issued including arrears; the number of recalculations to be finalised; and the number of cases in which the additional information sought is to be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (2 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the composition of the new State pension review section; the number of staff deployed to the section; and her plans to increase the number. [14954/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (2 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of State pension recipients that have submitted the additional information sought as part of the recalculation of their State pensions through the online mechanism. [14955/19]