Results 41-52 of 52 for jobpath speaker:Willie O'Dea

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (22 Nov 2016)

Willie O'Dea: I am raising this question because of the large volume of complaints that not only I am receiving but also other colleagues on all sides of the House about the operation of the JobPath scheme.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (22 Nov 2016)

Willie O'Dea: ..., I have received that many complaints from different parts of the country. A woman from County Wicklow rang me last night. She was obviously in distress because of her initial interaction with JobPath. I have received complaints from people in my constituency who were invited into a relatively small room and while sitting cheek by jowl with their neighbours - it is a small city - asked...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (22 Nov 2016)

Willie O'Dea: .... Time will not permit me to read all of the e-mails, letters and other correspondence I have received on this issue, but a person from the Minister's constituency e-mailed me after finding the JobPath experience humiliating, stressful and demoralising. I have received a number of other e-mails. One person's connection with JobPath had accentuated their anxiety owing to the behaviour of...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)

Willie O'Dea: ...regardless of how low paid, insecure or inappropriate, he or she must sign up or face social welfare penalties. We are ramming square pegs into round holes from one end of the country to the other. I know people who were offered jobs, through JobPath, which they had no interest in or qualifications for and which were located up to 50 km from Limerick city. The cost of going to work...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (12 Jul 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons referred to JobPath to date in each county in tablular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20563/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 1. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assurances that can be provided that jobseekers who have been selected for the JobPath activation scheme will not be forced into unsuitable and inappropriate jobs given that participation on JobPath is mandatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18818/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: ...of coercion into inappropriate or unsuitable employment, in particular now that the service has been privatised and there is a profit motive at the end of it. There are a number of problems with JobPath which I wish to bring to the attention of the Minister.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Out of all the queries, e-mails and personal visits I received on JobPath, I wish to read the Minister an excerpt from one e-mail which comes from someone in the Minister's constituency. I will be careful not to identify the person. The person said they will be 60 in a few weeks' time and they have been in full-time employment from 1976 until 2007 in a very responsible position.Currently I...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (2 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 219. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the checks in place to ensure that two companies (details supplied) contracted to provide JobPath services are offering suitable and appropriate employment opportunities to participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14236/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (2 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual cost of contracting two companies (details supplied) to deliver JobPath services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14237/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (1 Apr 2014)

Willie O'Dea: ...drawn to G4S's security operations in Israel; if she has any concerns regarding the company's activities in Israel; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that G4S has submitted a bid for the JobPath contract; if she will outline the criteria for this contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15275/14]

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Revised) (23 Jan 2014)

Willie O'Dea: ...receiving but the rate stays the same for 12 months. I understand the administrative difficulties involved in addressing that but has any effort been made in that regard? Finally, in the context of JobPath, what is the ratio of officers to unemployed people at the moment?