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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: There is no clause within the documents relating to the EU procurement process that would allow the Department to override the tendering system used for such a contract.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: This is very important. There was a legal obligation on the Department to put these services out to tender.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Okay. We will probably discuss that another day. How much did the tendering process cost the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: It would be good if Mr. McKeon could furnish that to the committee. What was the turnover and profit for each of the companies for the last year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Are Turas Nua's accounts public? Are they transparent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Mr. Donnery cannot tell us here today even though it is public information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: I ask Mr. Donnery to do so, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Mr. McKeon described full-time employment as 30 hours per week. Has the Department calculated how much has been spent on creating each job created by each of these companies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: How much has the Department paid to each of these companies since JobPath was set up?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: So we have spent €84 million to date.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Right, and that is in addition to the tendering costs, whatever they are.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: When does the contract end?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Is there a penalty clause in the contract if the Department were to break the contract between now and then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: I ask Mr. McKeon to come back with that information as well. There are many questions here to which we do not have the answers. Will Mr. McKeon clarify the number of referrals which the Department has agreed to give to each of these companies in any given year? Can I get clarification on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Was the €240,000 for each organisation or for both?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Over how many years was that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: A sum of €60,000 has been cited several times, that the Department have to submit €60,000 per year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: I understand that now. What checks and audits are done in terms of verifying the numbers and how many unannounced site visits has the Department made to each of these companies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: Does the Department do unannounced site visits?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)
Rose Conway Walsh: How many did the Department do last year?