Results 1-5 of 5 for jobpath speaker:Ruth Coppinger
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (17 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 547. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to ensure that private companies that participate in job activation schemes such as JobPath comply with data protection laws and do not seek personal information that might not be of direct relevance to their services. [41219/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (2 Feb 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: 125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of participants in the Dublin 15 and 24 areas who have been referred to the JobPath scheme. [4171/16]
- Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (13 Jan 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: 6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the progress made in the implementation of the JobPath scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1203/16]
- Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (13 Jan 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: The question asks how JobPath, another of the so-called labour activation measures that have become the stock in trade of the Government, is progressing. Under this scheme, work done previously by FÁS is being outsourced to two large multinational companies, which will bully and harass people on the dole to ensure they accept work of any kind. The companies to which the Department...
- Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (13 Jan 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: ...found that 30% of the claims submitted could not be verified and at least 10% were false. Nevertheless, the Government has awarded contracts to these companies. The second problem I have with JobPath is that it puts a price on the heads of unemployed people. The companies in question are only interested in profit and their profits increase every time they have someone removed from...