Results 1-10 of 10 for jobpath speaker:Catherine Connolly

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: ..., which includes nine recommendations, some of which overlap with the motion. It calls clearly on the Minister and the Government to see sense on this matter. It recommends that the Department review JobPath once the referrals cease. I will not read out all the recommendations but the last one asks that the Minister responds to the report. Perhaps the Minister of State, Deputy Brophy,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of her plans to extend JobPath beyond the end of 2020; if contracts with providers Turas Nua and Seetec will be extended beyond 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25103/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 14. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons on jobseeker's payments are obliged to pursue the JobPath Seetec route if called upon to do so by her Department or if they have a choice not to go this route; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19215/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (3 May 2018)

Catherine Connolly: ...Protection the number of persons in receipt of a jobseeker's payment in Galway city and county who have had their existing payment cut or withdrawn consequent on their decision not to choose the JobPath Seetec route; the number that have had their payment subsequently reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19214/18]

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

Catherine Connolly: 82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to re-examine the requirement that persons that signed up to JobPath may not participate in a community employment scheme for up to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8441/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

Catherine Connolly: ...and that of my office is not that we get our own way but that we are treated with politeness, speed and professionalism, and I thank Mr. McKeon for that. I wish to say as much publicly. JobPath has been done to death here today, and rightly so. Mr. McKeon referenced "I, Daniel Blake". Certainly, I think we are in danger of following the path that has been so poignantly shown in that...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (31 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the private companies (details supplied) contracted to provide JobPath are in receipt of funding from his Department for courses provided by them; if so, the cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4392/17]

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: ...that specialise in helping people who have been subjected to domestic violence. There are many other points I can make but my time is limited so I will mention just one or two other matters, one of which is JobPath. Deputy Penrose has already spoken about this. It has also been my experience in Galway that this new JobPath - under Seetec and Turas Nua - is the subject of the most...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (29 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the nature and duration of the contracts and the financial arrangements made with two companies to deliver JobPath; if persons in receipt of disability payments are included; the status of the implementation of JobPath; how he is overseeing the effectiveness of the contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15841/16]

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: ...abuses of JobBridge. There is the Gateway system for local authorities but I do not see any report on how successful that has been in leading local authorities to employ people. We now have the brand new JobPath, but the Minister should read some of the reports in The Guardianon this, which I am sure the Minister will admit is a pretty rational paper. It sets out details of the...