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- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)
John Brady: I have another question. Obviously someone participating in a community employment scheme can avail of education to upskill. People are being actively targeted by JobPath to enter full-time employment as per the terms of reference; that is what they are supposed to be doing. What happens to a person who is engaged in an education course under a community employment scheme for a major...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)
John Brady: I would like to get an answer to my original question. With no disrespect, the Minister is a little removed from the reality of the so-called flexibility she says JobPath advisers are giving to people, particularly the underemployed, as she likes to describe them. There are many examples such as teachers engaged in part-time work who the Minister's predecessor said needed to give up the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)
John Brady: The Minister needs to deal more comprehensively with the issue of flexibility. There is simply no flexibility and this is not the solution. It is not Deputy Willie O'Dea's Bill-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)
John Brady: The reality is that over 1,500 places on community employment schemes have not been filled because of the creation of JobPath.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)
John Brady: We that know that the number of rreferrals to the local employment service has been down consistently across the State since the formation of JobPath. That is the reality and the Minister is trying to mask the figures.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)
John Brady: The problem is that the focus is solely on getting people into work. It is not flexible enough.
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (3 May 2018)
John Brady: 19. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the conclusion of talks between her Department and an organisation (details supplied) dealing specifically with the agreed financial arrangement put in place; her plans to distribute the funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19259/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (3 May 2018)
John Brady: 23. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the protections in place for employees who are members of defined benefit pension schemes in which a pension scheme is due to wind-down; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19258/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (3 May 2018)
John Brady: 38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare payments that take child maintenance payments into account as means; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19257/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (3 May 2018)
John Brady: 42. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times for applications submitted for carer's allowance, disability allowance and domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19260/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (3 May 2018)
John Brady: 47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns held by those in Money Advice and Budgeting Services and Citizens Information Services regarding the restructuring process underway by the CIB; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19261/18]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (3 May 2018) John Brady: No. I would just like to apologise. It was unfortunate that the two clashed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (3 May 2018) John Brady: I read through the opening statements and I will have a look over the contributions of all the witnesses. I will briefly address the statistic that 26% of people with a disability live in consistent poverty. From my perspective, as a member of the social protection committee and this being my area of work, this is enough to set off alarm bells. Some positive moves are happening, and I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (3 May 2018) John Brady: No. I would just like to apologise. It was unfortunate that the two clashed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (3 May 2018) John Brady: I read through the opening statements and I will have a look over the contributions of all the witnesses. I will briefly address the statistic that 26% of people with a disability live in consistent poverty. From my perspective, as a member of the social protection committee and this being my area of work, this is enough to set off alarm bells. Some positive moves are happening, and I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (3 May 2018) John Brady: No. I would just like to apologise. It was unfortunate that the two clashed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (3 May 2018) John Brady: I read through the opening statements and I will have a look over the contributions of all the witnesses. I will briefly address the statistic that 26% of people with a disability live in consistent poverty. From my perspective, as a member of the social protection committee and this being my area of work, this is enough to set off alarm bells. Some positive moves are happening, and I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
John Brady: I will see how it goes. I thank the witnesses for attending. Given the difficulty the joint committee experienced in securing the agreement of representatives of Seetec and Turas Nua to attend, their presence is welcomed. I hope they will provide the answers the committee needs and members of the public deserve. I address my initial questions to the departmental officials. Mr. McKeon...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
John Brady: If he wants to come back in, yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
John Brady: I am conscious that I am limited on time.