Results 1-20 of 66 for jobpath speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (7 Apr 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount provided to JobPath providers in respect of funding for leasing premises in the course of their role in delivering services in tabular form. [19046/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, JobPath, sorry.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have had a sanction imposed on their payment for failing to engage with the JobPath services in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by county in tabular form. [24472/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been referred to the JobPath service in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by county in tabular form. [24473/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update in respect of her contracts with JobPath service providers; the amount paid in respect of these companies historically to date; if she has agreed an updated service level agreement with the providers; if the current contract with providers has an optional extension built into it; and her plans...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I want to return to the JobPath scheme. I will try to be short in my questions as I have limited time, so I would like some short answers. JobPath is an outsourced scheme and it is performance based. A lot of the feedback I have got, and I have talked to Mr. McKeon about this before, is that people were directed towards the likes of the hospitality and security sectors and they were...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I am looking at the figures I received in a reply to a parliamentary question in 15 October. It looks as if there is a high level of referral to JobPath this year. There were 14,993 people engaged with JobPath between March and September.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: On JobPath, Deputies are relating the experiences not of people who are influenced by what happened in the United Kingdom, but the practical experience of people who have contacted us. I am getting exactly the same kind of feedback as other Deputies are. I have discussed the matter with Mr. McKeon previously at meetings of the Committee of Public Accounts with regard to people having to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (15 Oct 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which JobPath is operating in the context of Covid-19 restrictions; the number of persons referred to the scheme since 1 March 2020 to date in October 2020, by service provider and location. [30745/20]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It was about a CV builder in the context of Seetec or JobPath. When I asked a question of the officials of the Department when they came before the committee, I was informed that it was just a newspaper item and that there was no issue arising. I tabled a parliamentary question subsequently. It is not a big deal, but it is an issue relating to accurate information that is being given. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department communicated to a JobPath provider to cease using an online CV builder system that was hosted on a server unencrypted outside of the State; if the Data Protection Commission is investigating this matter; if she imposed a sanction on the service provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I might come back to that. Before doing so, I want to ask a question on Turas Nua and JobPath. There is concern in regard to one of the providers using a server outside of the jurisdiction, which is an online CV builder. Was a sanction imposed on that provider? Was this even known and, if so, how did Mr. McKeon learn of it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: ...rate. Hopefully, that will continue or it will reduce further. In the Celtic tiger era, 5% was generally regarded as full employment yet we are still awarding contracts for Turas Nua and JobPath. What is the thinking behind this?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: People sometimes enter into JobPath more than once. Are there changes in the way in which they are dealt with when they enter the scheme on more than one occasion? I continue to hear complaints about this scheme, although not on a weekly basis or anything like that. One complaint related to a person who had completed a degree in nursing and had signed on while awaiting accreditation and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (9 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 753. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person can opt out of the JobPath scheme in cases in which the client has found and secured employment outside of the JobPath programme such as in a case (details supplied); if JobPath providers are not rewarded financially in instances in which a person secures employment arising from their own endeavours; the amount...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (3 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision to refer a person (details supplied) to the JobPath scheme will be reviewed in view of the fact they have recently completed higher level education with distinction and now wish to pursue further high level education in order to secure employment in their chosen industry; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (11 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 905. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount withheld in the context of sanctions imposed on persons who failed to fully comply with their referrals to the JobPath scheme since the scheme commenced to date; the amount that was refunded to persons on appeal over the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23796/19]

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I am almost afraid to raise the issue of JobPath because if I do, I know a number of people who have engaged with the service will make contact with my colleagues. It depends on what is counted in terms of value for money. I have no problem with there being a case management system. It is welcome that people are helped to have a plan. I am not wild about the outsourcing of it but I have a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Catherine Murphy: In that context, the introduction of the JobPath scheme had an impact on the likes of community employment schemes. If we counted community employment schemes only with respect to progression, a different measurement may arise, as some of the community employment schemes fulfil quite significant roles in communities. They include the likes of meals on wheels, the running of football clubs...