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

John Brady: According to Turas Nua, 14% of its staff have been taken from the live register. Did these staff come through the JobPath programme? Similarly, did employees of Seetec come through the JobPath programme?

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

John Brady: Arising from those replies, I will put a question to the Department. Is it concerned that Turas Nua and Seetec are essentially being paid twice for recruiting people for whom they receive a payment to sign on with JobPath and then receive job sustainment payments for employing them? A figure of 14% would equate to approximately 45 staff. If one peels it back a little, it is likely that...

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

John Brady: I fully understand that. I also know what social clauses are and I welcome the decision to build a social clause into the contracts. My concern relates to the double payment of Turas Nua and Seetec through sustainment payments being made for employing people for 12 months. I would like figures on that.

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

John Brady: Great emphasis has been placed on job placement. Many of the people who contact me were not placed in a job. They were required to cold call businesses in their local area to present a copy of their curriculum vitae. In many cases, people were engaged to carry out mail outs to employers who were not seeking staff or actively advertising job vacancies. This is a cause of grave concern....

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

John Brady: I have one final question.

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

John Brady: Many concerns have been raised regarding Seetec's performance in the United Kingdom, including allegations of substantial fraud. What was the outcome of these allegations? Did the Department have concerns regarding the tendering process and the fact that Seetec tendered? It has been brought to my attention that in some cases involving people who were locked into JobPath for 12 months and...

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

John Brady: Have any cases been brought to Mr. McKeon's attention?

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.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)

John Brady: 2. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the effect the recently announced changes to the JobPath scheme will mean for new and existing JobPath participants who wish to move to other schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19487/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)

John Brady: On the basis of the statement made by the Minister when announcing this change a number of weeks ago, it seemed to be a positive story, so much so that Fianna Fáil was very quick to jump in and claim credit for it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)

John Brady: On reading the details and having listened to the Minister, it is clear that the problems experienced by people locked into JobPath will continue. We know that underemployed persons are being actively targeted to join the JobPath programme. We are being told that people locked into JobPath can participate in Tús and community employment schemes, but they will be treated in the same way...

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...

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...