Results 1-13 of 13 for jobpath speaker:Carol Nolan

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (18 May 2021)

Carol Nolan: 70. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to continue using the services provided by Turas Nua and Seetec for the operation of the JobPath scheme; if she will consider alternative service providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26483/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (18 May 2021)

Carol Nolan: Does the Minister plan to continue using the services provided by Turas Nua and Seetec for the operation of the JobPath scheme? Will she consider using alternative service providers? Will she make a statement on this matter?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (18 May 2021)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for her response and her clarity in confirming that the JobPath scheme will be extended. However, I draw her attention to the fact that there are more problems than solutions with JobPath. One big problem many people have with it is whether it represents value for money. We can say for certain that the total amount paid to Turas Nua and Seetec for the operation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (9 Dec 2020)

Carol Nolan: 151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount paid to Turas Nua and Seetec for the operation of the JobPath scheme in each year for the period 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42393/20]

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: ...occasions in the lifetime of the previous Dáil. As we know, there has been serious disagreement in the House between the Government and Opposition about the effectiveness and value for money of the existing JobPath programmes and especially the role played by Turas Nua and Seetec. We know from the latest data that 226,851 people have been referred to the JobPath service but that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 1145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to discontinue the JobPath scheme at the end of 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4045/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Data (19 Jun 2018)

Carol Nolan: ...and Social Protection the number of claims for illness benefit and disability allowance that have been made and approved, respectively, in the two and a half year period since the introduction of JobPath in July 2015 to December 2017; and the comparison with the two and a half year period January 2013 to June 2015 prior to the introduction of JobPath. [26642/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Pobal: Review of Past Performance, Current Issues and Future Strategies (31 Jan 2018)

Carol Nolan: ...and are attaining valuable skills on them. I could not compliment them enough. A number of supervisors from Tús schemes have met me recently, however, and raised serious concerns about how the JobPath scheme is taking some employees from them. People are very unhappy. The supervisors are unhappy but the participants, who had been enjoying their Tús scheme, are suddenly being...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (9 Nov 2017)

Carol Nolan: 263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have received penalties in their social welfare payments as a result of non-compliance with the JobPath programme, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47514/17]

Topical Issue Debate: JobPath Implementation (1 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: ...that there was some flexibility in this respect but I know of one case where a man was turned down but should have been on a CE scheme. These operators request that a referral to a CE scheme from JobPath should be an option and call for a new referral scheme, as the previous one has collapsed. It seems these are reasonable and common sense proposals so will the Minister commit to...

Topical Issue Debate: JobPath Implementation (1 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: I wish this evening to raise a very serious issue regarding the JobPath scheme. The scheme is not fit for purpose. I say so because the nature and level of complaints I am receiving in my office is of serious concern. I appeal to the Minister to take these complaints on board. Many Deputies have previously raised this very issue in the House. Constituents tell me that they feel they are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (15 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 390. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons, by county, that have had their payments reduced or ceased as a result of failure to comply with the requirements of the JobPath scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34816/16]

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: I concur with Deputy Kenny. JobPath is shambolic. It is destroying our people and it needs to be put to an end as soon as possible. I am very disappointed that the Social Welfare Bill makes no attempt to address the spiralling cost of sending children back to school. It is an issue which has been raised in the House for many years. A 2013 report on tackling back to school costs is...