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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (20 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 946. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the reorganisation of MABS and CIS; her further views on whether the concerns of those that have expressed grave reservations regarding the reorganisation process itself and the impact it will have on MABS and CIS and those that voluntarily gave their time to these services have been adequately addressed; and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Bodies (20 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 966. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will elaborate on her statement in Dáil Éireann on 7 March 2018 in which she stated that an organisation (details supplied) decided to pull out of the agreement due to new items that were brought to the table that had never been part of the negotiated process during the previous months; the new items in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Bodies (20 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 967. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the person that determined that an entire agreement was reached with an organisation (details supplied) before Christmas 2017; if it was also the view of the chair of the talks and the organisation that her Department was in discussions with that an entire agreement had been reached; if the agreement reached was in fact...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (20 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 955. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to bring forward a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors; the actions that have been taken to date in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12307/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (20 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 956. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the review of older persons that are 62 years of age and over participating in community employment schemes will be completed; her plans to expand the arrangements of persons on community employment schemes that are 62 years of age that can stay on the scheme until they reach retirement age; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (20 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 957. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person has a right to refuse a place on JobPath in favour of a place on a community employment scheme; if there is a legal or statutory impediment that prevents a person from deciding to opt for a community employment scheme over a place on JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12309/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (20 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 958. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have participated in community employment schemes in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12310/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (20 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 962. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12485/18]

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

Willie O'Dea: I welcome the officials and thank them for coming before the committee. I thank Ms Murphy for updating us on the progress of the proposed EU directive. She said in her opening statement that in some cases the Irish legislation goes beyond what Europe was seeking and in some cases does not go as far. We do not know exactly when this directive will ultimately emerge so we will have to get on...

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

Willie O'Dea: Have we made any observations to date?

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

Willie O'Dea: May we have a copy of that?

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

Willie O'Dea: I thank Ms Mannion. I thank Mr. Conlon for his presentation. He stated that schemes similar to JobPath are commonplace in other OECD countries. May we have some more information on this? The witnesses could give us something in writing, not necessarily today, about when such schemes were introduced in these various countries, the extent to which they are still operating and whether any of...

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

Willie O'Dea: It is adding up to a huge cost for the State. Mr. Conlon said that study was limited because it only took in 25% of cases. We are subjected to opinion polls here all the time whereby a polling company interviews 1,000 people and tells us all correctly how many votes each of us will get in the next election based on that. I think 25% is a fairly representative sample, and 18% finish up with...

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

Willie O'Dea: There is a reference on page four to child care support, travel expenses, etc. Does the Department have any figures on how much has been spent on providing those? There is a registration fee for each client signed up. There is also a job sustainment fee if the client gets a job for at least 13 weeks for at least 30 hours per week. What is the registration fee? How much is the fee that is...

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

Willie O'Dea: There is no legislation - this is a rule that the Department applies.

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

Willie O'Dea: I have never come across even one of them.

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

Willie O'Dea: Within four weeks.

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

Willie O'Dea: Is the job sustainment fee only paid once?

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

Willie O'Dea: It is paid every 13 weeks.

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

Willie O'Dea: What is the initial value?