Results 21-31 of 31 for jobpath speaker:Rose Conway Walsh

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I commend my colleagues, Deputies Denise Mitchell and John Brady, on producing a report on JobPath. Several months ago, I and Senator Ó Clochartaigh, along with a number of other Senators, raised in the House what can only be described as the swindle taking place in the JobPath scheme. I want the Minister to come to the House to answer some straightforward questions on the scheme. For...

Seanad: JobPath: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: .... I will come straight to the point as I know the Minister is a busy man. I have a number of questions, to which I have been unable to get answers, despite numerous attempts. How much has the JobPath programme cost to date? I want a figure for the cost of the whole tendering process, the use of economic research specialists and the legal costs around it. Will the Minister please give...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: ...December, my Sinn Féin colleagues and I requested that the Minister for Social Protection be invited to the House to debate the concerns being raised in communities across the country about the JobPath scheme. I ask the Leader to do this as a matter of urgency and certainly not later than next Wednesday. I am aware that the Minister is busy on other matters and he might be even...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Unfortunately, we are not in government here yet, but when we are we will not be privatising social protection in the way it has been done with JobPath. JobPath is an absolute scandal. I asked specific questions last December when I and Senators Ó Clochartaigh and Gavan raised this matter first. One question was about the set-up of the JobPath scheme and, in particular, about Seetec...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is okay. I agree with you. Last June or July, the Minister said he was going to refer 60,000 unemployed people to private operators under the JobPath scheme, to take the people off the live register and make the numbers look good. We need a proper examination of this. I have encountered cases where people more than 60 years old, who are waiting for hip operations, are being sent to...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: On a point of information relating to JobPath-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I will tell you very simply. The Leader referred to the JobPath review not being completed. It has been completed and published. I have it before me.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is because of JobPath and every other scheme.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Employment Service (23 Nov 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: ...as part of the Pathways to Work initiative, ensuring activation clients are met and supported on a monthly basis. I am concerned that this reduction is part of the Department's obligations to ensure JobPath contractors have sufficient client referrals to comply with the contractual agreement with the Department. Will the Minister explain why the Government thought it necessary to...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: I wanted to talk about another issue this morning but I have just come from a briefing by the Department of Social Protection about JobPath. I have very many concerns about this. My first concern is that in the west, the provision is made by the private company Seetec. I have nothing against Seetec, but it is a company that is based in Essex in the UK. One of my questions to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2016)

Rose Conway Walsh: I just think that JobPath deserves a focused session.