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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...

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