Results 1-12 of 12 for jobpath speaker:Joan Collins

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

Joan Collins: I support the motion and I welcome the debate on JobPath. The fact the Comptroller and Auditor General, Seamus McCarthy, told a committee meeting that only 7% were still employed after 12 months in the Seetec and Turas Nua service speaks for itself. It was also reported that 9% of people, that is, 17,100 people, were still in work after 52 weeks. The figure after 26 weeks is 14%, 12% after...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (20 Feb 2018)

Joan Collins: ...forwarded to Seetec and Turas Nua to cease terminating persons benefits with immediate effect if they decline to sign a private contract with a private company whilst they are still engaging with JobPath. [8304/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Community Employment Programme (9 Nov 2017)

Joan Collins: I thank the officials for attending today's meeting. Mr. Lynch has said that people who are on the back to work and back to education schemes are not put on the JobPath scheme. While participants in the JobPath scheme will not be referred to community employment schemes because they are allowed to participate in just one activation scheme or service at a time, I understand that customers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Community Employment Programme (9 Nov 2017)

Joan Collins: Mr. Lynch stated the case officer works with the person up to the point where he or she gets a place on JobPath. However, for example, should the person feel he or she is not getting decent training or that the course is not delivering for him or her and the case officer says there is a community scheme in the offing, why can the person not change?

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: ..., 20 hours or 15 hours with the company to which Seetec referred her. I will certainly send the case, along with another two or three, to the Minister for him to investigate. Does he agree that the JobPath scheme is probably exploiting people? Will he investigate that? Why are these companies, Seetec and Turas Nua, dealing with the contracts when it should be the Department of...

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: What is the process for randomly choosing people for JobPath after they have been unemployed for a year? Do the authorities just pick a number or push a button? Are names put forward? How much have the companies operating the scheme received overall? How much did they receive to place individuals in employment? People are not averse to work. Before the crash, there were high...

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 6. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is within the remit of the JobPath scheme to send persons forward for jobs that they are not legally qualified for, with the result that the JobPath participant will have to pay a substantial amount to gain the qualification and take up the job on offer. [28784/16]

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of complaints received by the companies running JobPath and by his Department. [28782/16]

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that those selected for JobPath are not denied other opportunities that may arise for them and, in particular, opportunities arising from the social inclusion clauses in State projects, for example, the construction of the national children's hospital. [28785/16]

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: Will the Minister give an overview of how JobPath operates?

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: I have had a few constituents giving me their experience on JobPath. One was working in a primary school, providing a breakfast club service. Due to cuts, she became unemployed. She was randomly chosen by the Department to go on the JobPath scheme with Seetec. She ideally wanted to go back to working in a school environment but was barred from applying for a suitable CE scheme due to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (28 Jun 2016)

Joan Collins: 249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person selected for JobPath is prohibited from applying for a community employment scheme. [17971/16]