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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Curran: ...if anybody does not have one. The purpose of today's meeting is to afford the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, an opportunity to comment on the Indecon reports on local employment services and job clubs. In a few moments, I will invite the Minister to make her opening statement after which members will have an opportunity to raise questions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

John Curran: ...who lost a job for a year or so and then retrained, re-skilled and re-entered the labour force. We are looking at a different issue. One major concern I have relates to the references in the Indecon report to centralising, economies and efficiencies. It needs to be the exact opposite. A more local response is required, not only of the employment service but also in engaging with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

John Curran: ...that this is part one of a two-part process. We will address the Minister next week. It is very important to be fair and compliment the witnesses on the presentations because while we have the Indecon report, we are looking forward to the future of some sort of new employment service. I do not like to pick out one individual but Ms Fitzgerald indicated very clearly the range of services...

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

John Curran: ...on Employment Affairs and Social Protection for quite a while. This debate is quite timely because the Minister indicated that an interdepartmental group is reviewing community employment, the Indecon report on LES and job clubs has recently been published and JobPath's natural run is coming to a conclusion. In her opening statement, the Minister attributed much of the success in the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

John Curran: In playing that role, will members have access to that Indecon report that the Minister referred to?

Report on Lone Parents: Motion (15 Feb 2018)

John Curran: ...2012 pension anomalies on which we had also produced a report were issues of significant concern to the joint committee. It was one of a number of reports available to the Minister which had been carried out by Indecon and Dr. Millar and Dr. Crosse from NUI Galway. There were a variety of reports dealing with this issue. Since the budget, I have asked what has happened and where we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (20 Oct 2016)

John Curran: Would Mr. Carroll say the most recent Indecon report underpinned or was largely supportive of the outcomes of JobBridge?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (20 Oct 2016)

John Curran: ...scheme has been brought to an end and the new scheme has not yet been put in place. If the JobBridge model is seen to have been successful - according to Mr. Carroll, it has been underpinned by Indecon - I cannot understand from a practical point of view why the new scheme was not designed to be up and running before the closure of the old scheme. If JobBridge has been successful, why...