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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: 223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the meeting of all interested parties to find effective solutions to the problem of young persons with scramblers and quad bikes has convened and if so, the effective solutions and responsibilities that have been assigned to each party and their timeframes for implementation to tackle this issue; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: 389. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fast-track the delivery of primary health care centres that are needed services in communities but appear to be delayed in various stages of the procurement, design and planning processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11638/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: 525. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on her Department's work in relation to mapping of youth service provision across the State; the areas which are showing high levels of deprivation in relation to youth services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11640/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: 526. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the future development of a single targeted youth funding programme to replace the current schemes; the status of the establishment of several sample projects in 2016 and 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11641/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: 681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to fast-track planning processes for much needed community services in view of the delays the HSE is experiencing in the delivery of primary health care centres due to complexities in planning processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11637/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: Apologies have been received from Senator Gerald Nash. I welcome everyone to the meeting. I remind everyone to turn their mobile phones off or to switch them to flight mode. We will deal with some housekeeping matters in private session before we move on to public session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: From the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, I welcome Mr. John Conlon, Ms Patricia Murphy, Mr. Chris Kane, Mr. Jim Lynch, Mr. Dermot Sheridan and Ms Orlaith Mannion. I understand Ms Murphy will make the Department's opening statement on the directive and the employment Bill while Mr. Conlon will make the Department's opening statement on JobPath. I draw the attention of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: I thank Mr. Conlon. Before I go to the committee members I will briefly raise two matters. First, Ms Murphy in her conclusion talked about the current position regarding the directive. I ask her to give a very brief overview to the committee of this process and the timelines surrounding the directive. I wish to address Mr. Conlon on the second matter and then I will open the discussion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: As I said, I do not want to have the meeting bogged down in the matter, but Mr. Conlon made those points and we would like to see the numbers to support them. I do not want to hold the meeting up. Does Ms Murphy wish to comment on the timeline surrounding the directive?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: I understand quite well that it might be difficult to have such figures at a meeting, but the members would like to be able to scrutinise those referrals because certainly the anecdotal evidence from the LES is that there has been a significant reduction in referrals to it. Mr. Conlon stated specifically on two occasions that JobPath was not negatively impacting the LES. The committee would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: Mr. Conlon can send us a note on that, for which I thank him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: The Senator's time is up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: I thank the Senator. Before I bring Mr. Conlon back in, I will allow a brief supplementary question from Deputy O'Dea.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: There are a significant number of questions so I hope Mr. Conlon got them all. One question he might answer very directly was that raised by Senator Higgins on a technical issue. We know the JobPath companies get paid on a phased basis. The questions was whether the signing of a personal progression plan triggers a payment at that point. Mr. Conlon might address that directly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: If there is anything of a technical nature Mr. Conlon does not have here, he is more than welcome to submit that by means of correspondence. We would prefer to have it factually correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: If Mr. Conlon cannot answer that directly, he might get the details of it and respond in writing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: Excuse me. There are a significant number of questions. I want to give Mr. Conlon that opportunity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: On the particular case of Mr. X, can Deputy Smith blank out the names and can we have it as an example in order to have a written reply from the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: No, we can do it afterwards. Is the Deputy prepared to do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

John Curran: I would like Mr. Conlon to look at that case as an example, without the name of the individual, and he might address that issue for the committee.