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

John Brady: 984. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the types of expenses awarded under the activation and family support programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12649/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Activation and Family Support Programme Data (20 Mar 2018)

John Brady: 985. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications made under the activation and family support programme since its introduction; the percentage of those accepted and declined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12650/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Data (20 Mar 2018)

John Brady: 986. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 602 of 8 March 2018, the number of persons in receipt of the State pension (non-contributory) that have seen a cut in their payment following the recent review of 1,000 pensioners in receipt of this payment under a fraud and error survey; if the review is not complete, the number of...

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

John Brady: I have a lot of questions; I hope Mr. Conlon will take note of them all. In his opening statement, under the heading "background", he stated that the need for additional resources to provide activation support for unemployed people became increasingly acute during the economic downturn. Does he believe it is still necessary to have that additional capacity now? As Deputy O'Dea mentioned,...

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

John Brady: I want to get information. Obviously, we know the overall figure of €84 million for Turas Nua and Seetec. However, any time I and others try to get information as to the actual breakdown of that figure, we are told commercial sensitivity prevents it. The reality is that Turas Nua and Seetec know what they get, and simple maths will tell one what the other is getting. They know,...

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

John Brady: What was that ratio in 2012 when compared to the current position?

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

John Brady: On the Fagan case, Mr. Conlon said he did not want to refer to it any further and that is fine. However, the Department said that penalties and deductions were erroneously applied to him because he refused to sign the personal progression plan. That is the core point. I asked a specific question, namely, on that basis, if the Department will continue to penalise anyone else who refuses to...

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

John Brady: There are many cases where a person has said upfront that he or she is willing to engage with the process but does not want to sign the personal progression plan because he or she sees it as a contract. Will Mr. Conlon tell us how many people do that and whether penalties are imposed on them?

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

John Brady: Were penalties imposed in all of those cases?

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

John Brady: Will Mr. Conlon please check the position and report back to the committee on the number who refused to sign personal progression plans and on whom penalties were imposed?

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

John Brady: What is the ratio of adviser to client in the local employment service companies? Is it 1:200?

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

John Brady: I do not expect that Mr. Conlon has the relevant figures with him. However, will he find out how many part-time workers have been referred to JobPath? He referred earlier to 25% of people, or 36,000, who had engaged up to June 2016 and the fact that 4% of them ended up in part-time employment.

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

John Brady: I agree. Mr. Lynch stated that there is a clear path for people who, after spending a year on JobPath, would then be referred to the local employment service. Logically, though, the proper place for them in the first instance was the local employment service. A full year of the individual's time will have been wasted.

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

John Brady: Since it is not clear, what are the exact figures for how many people are engaged with JobPath, how many have come through it and subsequently been referred to the local employment service and how many have gone on to Tús or CE scheme? That information would be useful.

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

John Brady: Just on-----

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

John Brady: Mr. Conlon's comment on the long-term unemployed is one that needs to be addressed. Many people have been in touch with me who have just recently become unemployed - it is a matter of weeks in some cases and a month or two in others - but who have still been referred to JobPath. It seems to have deviated from the initial concept of providing a service for the long-term unemployed.

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

John Brady: These are specific cases. If Mr. Conlon wishes, I can forward the details to the Department.

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

John Brady: In some cases, the time was just a couple of days or weeks. In many circumstances, it was just a couple of months.

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

John Brady: It is disappointing that Mr. Conlon just brushed over the issue of costings. He said the Department will wait until the end of this contract. Does the contract with these providers, Turas Nua and Seetec, run for five years? If that is the case, Mr. Conlon might confirm-----

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

John Brady: The two-year period will run until 2021. Effectively, Mr. Conlon is saying that the Department will assess at that point whether the scheme is worthwhile or the cost-benefit analysis is favourable. That is totally unacceptable. Some €84 million has been spent up to now, and Mr. Conlon cannot tell us how many people have gone back into full-time employment. I thought he would have...