Results 1-20 of 22 for jobpath speaker:Thomas Pringle

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 1196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if JobPath will be coming to an end soon; if so, the date it be will be finishing; if she plans to replace the scheme with another scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20439/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: JobPath Programme (9 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the circumstances that allow a person an exemption of referral to JobPath if mental health grounds are included; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41345/19]

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: ...any previous Government. I refer to the significant influx of vulture capital, the financialisation of housing, speculative industries, outsourcing of social welfare services through programmes such as JobPath, the seductive corporation tax - of which the Apple affair is a case in point - and an encroaching private sector that has often compromised our health system. In light of this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (2 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who finishes a community employment scheme in June 2020 could be referred back to JobPath despite the fact that new referrals will cease at the end of 2019; if being on the scheme guarantees a person a year exemption from being referred to JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40091/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (25 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 37. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the future of JobPath; if winding down the scheme is being considered in the near future in view of the fact that only 6% of participants have achieved work for over one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38797/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Employment Service (4 Apr 2019)

Thomas Pringle: ...be fair and that the people to whom I referred can compete for them. I am interested in the Minister's comments to the effect that no two jobseekers are the same. It is a pity she does not tell JobPath that, because JobPath behaves in a way that suits its own needs. The local employment schemes are very successful and very important, especially as regards the local model they use. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Employment Service (4 Apr 2019)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister should tell JobPath that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Employment Service (4 Apr 2019)

Thomas Pringle: .... The Department is initiating a competitive procurement process for future services. It is clear from my previous interactions with the Minister that a payment-by-results arrangement as used in JobPath will be the preferred model. I have severe problems with that.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (4 Apr 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 42. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to incidences in which JobPath providers insist on seeking a commission for persons that sought work on their own accord after having attended an initial meeting with JobPath employment services despite the new employer verifying this to be the case; and if she will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: JobPath, which would be of no value to them at all.

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

Thomas Pringle: Prior to Christmas, I raised this exact issue with the Taoiseach on Leaders' Questions. Based on 2015 and 2016 figures, I revealed that JobPath increased the chances of gaining full-time employment by only 2% for unemployed people. This was based on the Department's figures. It surely is a great return on the money invested in it. Figures for part-time work are better but this means that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: As the Taoiseach knows, 39,603 jobseekers were referred to JobPath in the period from July 2015 to June 2016. In those two years, 8,340 people gained employment, a success rate of 25%. Those who gained full-time employment amounted to 6,111 people or 18% of the total figure, while those who gained part-time employment made up 4% of the total. When one looks closely and measures the chances...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: There is no doubt that things are improving and people are getting jobs. That is welcome. Despite the Government spending €58.5 million on JobPath last year, it is not creating any significant extra jobs beyond what people are getting themselves. The data from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection show that. Those are the figures the Government has. We spent...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (13 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of JobPath attendees that gained work after completing the course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46625/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (26 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to issues following recent changes which now allow persons on JobPath to also take part in a community employment scheme (details supplied); the reason persons are unable to leave JobPath once they are on a community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27602/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (29 May 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason correspondence sent to her office has not yet been responded to; if the issue regarding the behaviour of JobPath with a person (details supplied) will be responded to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23143/18]

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons on JobPath are currently unable to be referred to community employment schemes, his plans to change this policy and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25967/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Projects (28 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 446. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons who are participants on community employment and Tús schemes who are being selected for JobPath programmes are being told they have to attend even though they are participating in a labour activation programme already; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10395/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Projects (28 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 447. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that jobseekers' participation on JobPath is restricting the ability of community employment and Tús schemes to recruit participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10396/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 671. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way he will ensure that information given to Seetec, the company registered in the UK which runs the JobPath programme, will continue to adhere to data protection regulations in line with the EU and Ireland as Britain undergoes Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1830/17]