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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 3. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered reducing the payment rates made to JobPath providers given the extension of the scheme for a further 12 months; if she will consider allowing those referred to JobPath to transfer to another job activation scheme especially if they have already completed JobPath once, to ensure that other schemes such as...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I want to ask about the continuation of the JobPath scheme for a further 12 months. This is the second time the scheme has been extended. Can the rates or fees paid to the companies be reduced, given they have now been given a further 12 months? Will the Minister consider allowing participants to move on to other schemes without having to remain with JobPath in consideration of the impact...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I am asking the Minister if there is a clause in the contract between her Department and the JobPath providers, who have been given another 12-month period, that allows her to reduce the fees being paid to those companies. The Minister made a few points. She spoke about value for money. I will give her a brief example in that regard. More than 1,000 people have been referred to JobPath...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: Will the Minister confirm that the referral fee of €311 is paid twice if a person is referred to the scheme twice, that is, in the case of more than 33,000 people who have been referred to the scheme twice? If they are getting the referral fee twice for those same people, that is a cost of more than €10 million. I ask the Minister again if she believes that is value for money?...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I am sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, but not one single question I asked has been answered.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I just want to make that point.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: Yes. The question asks if the Minister will consider a review of the JobPath programme and her views on whether it has provided value for money for the State.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: The Minister stated 64,000 people secured employment but she did not add that they did not sustain that employment for anywhere close to a year. In fact, the number who sustained it for a year is much lower. With regard to the cost per client, the Minister cited a figure of €873. `Will she confirm that the referral fee of €311 is paid every time a person is referred,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I welcome the fact that the Minister is to revert to me on the referral fee. If that fee is paid every time the same person is referred, which can be up to three times, and if there are more than 1,000 people in this category, as in this case, it means €10 million alone is given to the companies. If that is the case, as I believe, it does not represent value for money. I welcome...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 9. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to long delays for persons applying for PPS numbers; the number of applications pending a decision; if additional resources have been put in place to assist with the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39997/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: This question asks the Minister whether she is aware of the long delays that people are experiencing when applying for personal public service, PPS, numbers. Can she give us the number of applications that are pending decision at the moment? Will she consider putting in additional resources in order to clear the backlog, or is this something she has already done?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister. I, too, pay tribute to the staff, not only those who were reassigned to deal with the pandemic unemployment payment but also those who were left behind in smaller numbers than usual to deal with the likes of applications for PPS numbers. I have been inundated by contacts from people for the past number of months. We know that real issues are caused when people are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I welcome that 200 additional people have been moved into that service to reduce the backlog. As the Minister has acknowledged, there are huge difficulties. While I appreciate that getting money into people's pockets was the priority during Covid, the Minister also acknowledged that there are huge difficulties for people trying to get PPS numbers for various purposes, such as taking up a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I again raise the issue of student accommodation refunds. I am dealing with a parent who has paid €5,000 to a private provider in Galway and whose son's course has since gone fully online. I met a representative of the students' union at the National University of Ireland, Galway, NUIG, last week, which is dealing with about 30 families seeking refunds from the same accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Employment Services (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 56. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received the report carried out by external consultants to review all current contracted public employment services; when the report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39994/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to support persons back to education and back to work in response to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39995/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the time that a person aged 55 years and over can remain on a community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39996/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carbon Tax (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the report on the impact assessment of the current and projected future increases in carbon tax on low income families by her Department; the stage the report is at; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39993/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the OPW put in place for flood relief in the Shannon Callows for 2020. [40965/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: 198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the OPW is putting in place for flood relief in the Shannon Callows in 2021. [40966/20]