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

Alice-Mary Higgins: Are there statements as a standard part of the text that require the people to share information with Turas Nua around health issues or family members?

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: Is this prior to signing?

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: Can the person take a proposed PPP unsigned and suggest amendments to that?

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: Does Turas Nua require people to share information about employment they have found independently of Turas Nua?

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: Does Turas Nua require the person to allow Turas Nua to contact an employer?

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: With regard to sanctions, if somebody refuses to sign a PPP, how often does Turas Nua refer this concern about non-engagement?

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: To be clear, the data-----

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: This is very important.

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is very important to clarify that they are not the data of the Department but of the individuals concerned. There is a concern and a question about-----

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: Mr. McKeon has spoken about hard cases. I am aware that there are a few brave individuals who are willing to take risks with their own financial well-being to highlight problems with the system. They are pushed down as individual cases.

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: In a specific case someone requested that their data be taken back from the private company. Is that something the Department accommodates?

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is a direct question to which the answer is yes or no.

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: An earlier question I asked on long-term education was not answered. What is the protocol for those who say this is not the right option for me and who are interested in education? To what extent are long-term educational options offered as opposed to six-month options? What is the protocol for those who prefer not to deal with a private company and wish to return to the Intreo system?...

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: The producers of that research have clarified to the committee that the concerns related to appropriate placement and training rather than-----

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: Mr. McKeon did not answer my question about the protocol for those who wish to return to education. Perhaps it could be provided separately. I have asked it twice.

Seanad: Europe Day 2018: Statements (10 May 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am very glad to be able to join with others in marking and celebrating Europe Day. Europe, as a concept, came out of moments of tragedy and of vision. It is an extraordinary idea that we can try to work together in these ways. It is one I wholeheartedly support and I am very passionate about being a citizen of Europe. There have been...

Seanad: Europe Day 2018: Statements (10 May 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Could the Minister of State talk about gender inequality-proofing in the European budget discussion and, perhaps, trade?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am delighted to hear the tributes to Tom Murphy. He was an extraordinary, wonderful writer who reached deeply into Ireland and parts of Ireland's experience and imagination that sometimes were never given proper focus. I wrote about him in my thesis many years ago. "Bailegangaire" was one of the most influential plays in my life. He captured not only the realities and sometimes the...

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (16 May 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Given the delays we have had so often in people accessing appropriate mental health supports and in the roll-out of resources and key areas, there is an opportunity to address this issue now, in this excellent Bill that has been put forward. We have a court judgment. There is no ambiguity in the court judgment and it does not suggest that we need longer periods. It offers no endorsement...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (22 May 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I recognise the strong engagement the Minister had with this House throughout this process and the fact that he has taken on board many proposals in the Dáil on Committee and Report Stages. I believe there was a change, which was made on Committee Stage but was undone on report Stage, relating to the appointment of data protection commissioners and I wonder if the Minister could...