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Select Committee on Social Protection: Proposed Regional Employment Service: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: Some LES staff said to me that they were worried about the tender but that this is worse than they had feared. This is a big mistake. This proposal would erode the community ethos and the not-for-profit model so well fostered by the likes of the LES and job clubs for so many years. I am disappointed about how this has been put forward. The LES and job clubs were led to believe that they...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Proposed Regional Employment Service: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for her responses. Could she outline specifically what the request for tender means for current job clubs? While there is a lot of focus on the LES, I refer to job clubs. Is the Minister able to tell us whether there will be a referral fee built into the aforementioned 90% of fees? I ask her to confirm that the model is shifting to payment by results. To be clear as...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (29 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to issues being experienced by those who have booked their driver theory test before being notified of their appointment being cancelled and rescheduled some up to seven times and the difficulties this poses for those awaiting their theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34615/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (29 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to delays for persons who have passed their theory test in receiving their provisional licence; the current average waiting time for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34616/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (29 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for a theory test by county; the number who have applied to take the test online; the number who have since taken the theory test online; and the number of persons waiting for a driving test by county. [34617/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (29 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional resources that have been provided to the RSA in order to assist with the backlog of theory tests and driver tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34618/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (29 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to issues concerning Irish citizens abroad who, in cases in which their driver's licence is lost or stolen and they do not have a public services card, can replace their licences only by physically presenting themselves at an NDLS centre in Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (29 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referral fees paid to Seetec and Turas Nua since JobPath commenced. [34940/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (29 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have been referred to JobPath since it was introduced; and the number of persons currently engaged with the service. [34941/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (29 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have completed JobPath and found employment as a result in which the employment has been sustained for over one year. [34942/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (29 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to expanding SUSI grants for postgraduate students in recognition of the cost of study fees and the limitations of low qualifying income thresholds for these students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34395/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (29 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 574. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to introduce personalised budgets for persons with a disability; when he will be in a position to introduce same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34084/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (29 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 610. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a list of all confirmed remote working hubs will be provided; the hubs that are currently operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34237/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jun 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the announcement made yesterday about the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, to only extend access to it for an additional week when we are in the most uncertain of times in relation to Covid. Work will continue to be uncertain throughout the summer months. I listened to restaurant owners on the radio this morning who are dependent on weather apps to see...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason she is proposing a move away from the not-for-profit model which currently exists for contracted employment services, local employment services and job clubs to a payment-by-results model as per the recent tender launched by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35200/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Claire Kerrane: Why has the Minister decided to move away from the not-for-profit model of local employment services and job clubs to a payment-by-results model in the recently launched tender? Was that based on the conclusions of the external report carried out on job activation and contracted services within the Department of Social Protection?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I understand the expansion is into areas where there are no local employment services and, of course, it is welcome but only if it is to remain in its current model. The Minister can say it as many times as she wants, but it is a fact that the current model is not for profit. Money is not a factor when a person comes through the door of the services for referral, but it is moving to a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Claire Kerrane: I am not arguing that point. How much money will an LES or job club need in order to bid for the tender? What I am hearing is that it is a significant tender and the organisations will need some kind of tendering consultant to try to match it and put in an application in the first place. I am really concerned about this. It is fine to say they are well positioned to apply for it but it...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Claire Kerrane: 104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to issues communities and organisations are facing in filling community employment places; if so, if she will consider removing limitations on the length of time those aged over 55 years can spend on a community employment scheme, especially in cases in which there is no one there to replace...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Claire Kerrane: My question is on people aged over 55 who are on community employment, CE, schemes. Is the Minister of State aware of the difficulties that arise when these people have to leave the community employment schemes because their time is up? Services and organisations are under pressure to replace the people leaving the schemes and in some cases, services can be lost. Will the Minister of State...