Results 41-55 of 55 for jobpath speaker:Bríd Smith

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Bríd Smith: Surely JobPath should be the last resort. If Mr. X is offered a place on a CE or Tús scheme at the same time that he is selected for JobPath, it is his preferred option, he is doing something useful and he is getting actual training instead of sitting in front of a screen every time he meets the Seetec people, surely that scheme is the better option. If the plumber up the road wants to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (17 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have faced sanctions and deductions from their social welfare payments as a result of information provided by Jobpath providers; the criteria for such penalties; the right persons have to appeal such deductions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2052/18]

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...the social protection measures, there was a move to push young people into other labour activation measures. We will discuss this matter at the committee tomorrow. There are many problems with JobPath and the other initiatives that were taken. Deputy Catherine Murphy did a very good exposé on some of the private companies that are being engaged to work with young people and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (20 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allow persons seeking employment who have been awarded a place on a community scheme or Tús but not yet started, and who are pulled for JobPath before training starts, to be allowed to choose between the community employment scheme or Tús; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39681/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (11 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: 78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the oversight his Department has on the operations of the private companies contracted to operate the JobPath initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17843/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (11 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: 83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the use of psychometric tests by operators of JobPath; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the administration of such tests using psychometric questionnaires contravenes international ethical guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17844/17]

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (21 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: ..., a decision that is in the best interests of the individual, and the recommendation is overridden by a private company such as Seetec. This company receives remuneration for taking people onto JobPath. It has a vested interest in keeping people on JobPath because it gets a payment for it: a registration payment when it brings a person onto JobPath and four retrospective payments if they...

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (21 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: 38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether the best interests of jobseekers are advanced by allowing JobPath operators the right to stop jobseekers from accepting placements with, for example, the Tús initiative and other schemes, even in circumstances where they applied for such placements in advance of being selected for JobPath; and if he will make a statement...

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (21 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: 43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will re-examine the authority of JobPath operators that are able to overrule the placement offers to jobseekers on various community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8457/17]

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (21 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: I want to ask the Minister's opinion on the disadvantage to people who are applying for Tús or CE schemes who are randomly selected by JobPath at the same time they are offered a CE scheme or Tús position and who are blocked from taking up those positions by the private operators which run JobPath. Could the Minister respond with what he thinks is in the best interests of the jobseeker?

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (21 Feb 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...for January, at which point he went onto a panel. He was interviewed again in January for a placement with a host company and was Garda vetted. Prior to taking up the Tús placement he was then randomly selected for JobPath. I contacted Intreo and the official got in touch with the JobPath centre to inquire if the selection for JobPath for this person could be deferred to allow the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Support Services (3 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: ...the steps she will take to ensure that any company supported by her Department, or other State agency under her influence, that creates jobs in the coming period does not use schemes such as JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33150/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Data (3 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: ...when her Department is recording job figures from IDA or Enterprise Ireland supported companies, that the numbers of such jobs that are supported by the Department of Social Protection, such as JobPath and so on, are separately reported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33002/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (2 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: 232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the contracts for JobPath were put out to tender; the awarding process; the criteria on which it was based; if there was any other applicants; the personal data of persons participating on JobPath that will be passed onto the recruitment agencies; if persons participating will be notified in advance of their data and details being handed over;...

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

Bríd Smith: 239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons participating on JobPath are paid by either JobPath or the employer for travel, childcare or lunch vouchers; and, if it is the employers who pay, if it is mandatory that they cover costs when they take on a JobPath participant. [32955/16]