Results 61-80 of 201 for jobpath speaker:John Brady

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (29 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons engaged with JobPath since its introduction in 2015; and the number of penalty rates applied in each county over the same period by county in tabular form. [4425/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (29 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to research carried out by Waterford Institute of Technology into JobPath following interviews with JobPath participants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4111/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (22 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 655. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the sanction rates and penalties in place for failure to engage with the JobPath scheme by county in tabular form. [2931/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: JobPath Programme: Discussion (17 Jan 2019)

John Brady: ...Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, has also dismissed them. Today's presentations, based on interviews with participants, shows that many identified JobPath as the State deliberately attempting to lower people's expectations of work. When the then Minister for Social Protection, now the Taoiseach, came before this committee previously, he let...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: JobPath Programme: Discussion (17 Jan 2019)

John Brady: I have just a couple of additional points. We know the contract for JobPath, Turas Nua and Seetec is due to expire this year. I have been calling for it to be cut right now. That needs to happen. What would the witnesses like to see happen in the here and now, if the Minister is not prepared to curtail the contract? Would the adult guidance service be in a position to meet the demand at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: JobPath Programme: Discussion (17 Jan 2019)

John Brady: ...to this committee for further analysis. It is powerful work. Have the findings or the report been given to the Minister? The Minister is in complete denial. She still stands over the fallacy that JobPath is the most successful labour activation scheme in the history of the State. She fails to take into consideration that thousands of people have been bullied, intimidated and cajoled...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: JobPath Programme: Discussion (17 Jan 2019)

John Brady: I have a few observations and questions that stem from the answers given. I was struck by the comment made by Dr. Boland in his concluding remarks that JobPath obviously did not work, that it damaged users and everyone in the workforce and that there could be liabilities downstream. That was a huge statement to make. I have said this is an investigation in the making and that we will come...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (15 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 1117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for JobPath once the current contract expires at the end of 2019; if she will re-tender for the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1727/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the costs associated with the JobPath scheme since its introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53390/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: After several years of asking for the costs associated with JobPath, Turas Nua and Seetec and constantly being told that because of commercial sensitivity the figures could not be released, the figures were eventually given to the Committee of Public Accounts. Do these costs represent value for money? Will the Minister comment on the overall costs?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: ...that Turas Nua and Seetec are hounding people who find employment by themselves and trying to claim credit for it so they can get the sustainment payments. That needs to be looked at. When JobPath was first rolled out it was said it was to assist people to secure and sustain full-time employment or self-employment. I received an interesting response from the Minister and the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (18 Dec 2018)

John Brady: ...To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 11 December 2018, the number of persons to date who have gained employment through the JobPath service; the number who have returned to claim social welfare payments having previously taken up employment through the JobPath scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Dec 2018)

John Brady: The programme for Government commits to developing work activation, social protection and further education services to ensure a seamless service for jobseekers. I want to raise the issue of JobPath and its privatisation through the two companies, Turas Nua and Seetec. After years of requests, we have finally got damning statistics relating to the privatisation of that service. The figures...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (11 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of part-time or underemployed workers that have been referred to JobPath since its introduction. [51875/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (11 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for a new JobPath scheme in 2019; her further plans for setting up similar schemes from 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51876/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (11 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons to date who have found employment through the JobPath service; the number of persons now claiming social welfare payments having previously taken up employment through the JobPath service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51878/18]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

John Brady: ...the Committee of Public Accounts last week after several years of asking, with the cover of commercial sensitivity being given, are startling. I do not know how the Minister can come here and say that JobPath is the most successful labour activation scheme-----

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (27 Nov 2018)

John Brady: 589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the JobPath providers to establish pilot schemes specific to part-time workers or aimed at other groups of jobseekers; if the JobPath providers have the remit to establish such schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49368/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (27 Nov 2018)

John Brady: 590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedures in place in circumstances in which a person that is engaged with a JobPath provider moves to another county before completing their time on the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49369/18]

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

John Brady: ...of the arrangement and blamed the current Government for presiding over it. It was unacceptable when introduced and it is unacceptable now. The discrimination needs to end. With regard to JobPath, Turas Nua was mentioned. There is another private company involved, Seetec. I have raised concerns about the 15,000 people who have been referred to JobPath for a second time. This has...