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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Services Card (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: No.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Services Card (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: I do not know. What I do know is that we do not make anybody undergo the SAFE 2 authentification process. With the exception of one lady, for whom the issue was resolved soon after I came into the Department, we have never withheld a payment due to somebody not having gone through the SAFE 2 authentification process. That is not the purpose of it. It is not a control measure in the way...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: The Government's position on the recent motion debated in the House on the JobPath service was clearly set out in my contribution at the time. While I noted the views of the House on the matter, the position of the Government remains unchanged. I reiterate that the JobPath service shows a performance well above target levels. Customer feedback shows high levels of satisfaction...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: It will not come as news to Deputies that Private Members' motions are not legally binding instructions to the Government-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: Private Members' motions are not legally binding instructions to the Government but the set of contracts in place with Turas Nua and Seetec through JobPath are. If there were to be any changes to the existing contracts, it would cost the State millions of euros. As I previously stated in the House, the termination of the contracts or even a stepping-away from the contracts would...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: Our contract for services is with Turas Nua and it will continue to be, exactly as laid out in the contract we signed a number of years ago.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: The Minister was warned about the context of what happened in England and here, and about privatisation-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: I am not sniggering at Deputy McGrath.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: On a point of order-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: Every time we have-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: I did not reply to Deputy Broughan's question in the last round about the impressive record of our Irish Local Development Network, ILDN, partners. I met with them before Christmas. We presented the INDECON report to them after Christmas, which caused some concerns. Another meeting has been arranged where we can discuss the options arising from that but they have no cause for concern and I...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: They are superb. Apart from their record, the people in ILDN are incredibly committed to this area. They also have a special advantage in that they have access to other funds outside of the activation funds which they can apply to us for to be able to provide extra resources for people who have particular difficulty. They have access to the social inclusion and community activation...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: -----it does the Deputy no favour whatsoever.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: Belittling me or making me look funny or silly-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: I am telling the Deputy that it is not funny. It is tantamount to bullying and I will not accept it or tolerate it from Deputy Mattie McGrath any more. If he has a question to ask, if he asks it respectfully, I will respectfully reply to it.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: Deputy O'Dea asked me about Turas Nua and Working Links. I do not say this blindly or unknowingly. Our contract is with Turas Nua. It will do whatever it does in the next couple of weeks but it has been in constant contact with us in the last number of weeks. We are aware of the ongoing issues with Working Links and we will continue to work with Turas Nua to provide the service which it...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: I agree with Deputy Broughan when he says that the Taoiseach started this. He is a hard act to follow. Every time I think I have come up with a new idea, I am told that he said that in 2015.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 53 and 91 together. A Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018-2023, published last year, commits the Government to examine and develop proposals to set a formal benchmark target of 34% of earnings for the State pension (contributory) and to institute a process whereby future changes in pension rates of payment are explicitly linked to changes in consumer...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: Deputy Broughan was right to talk about the Supplementary Estimate we have most years for one scheme or another because they are demand led and if there is a higher demand, there is a higher need. The cost of disability tender will, I hope, go out by the end of this month. That body of work will inform all disability payments in the future arising from the special cost of living, over and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)
Regina Doherty: I have to respond.