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Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...they look for another job. We know there is an unconscious bias. I honestly believe that equalising the parenting responsibility and the supports we provide to both parents will eventually remove that bias. The issue of JobPath was raised. We are facing record unemployment levels as a result of the pandemic and it is not a time to be cutting employment support services of any kind....

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...who find themselves in difficult situations? Will she look at an increased fuel allowance rate to assist those who find themselves in the difficult situation of fuel poverty? We have to deal with the anomaly of JobPath, which is not fit for purpose. This is what happens sometimes when the Government outsources operations that it is actually better at performing itself. Everybody has...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Patricia Ryan: ...de Paul. We need to change the rule whereby someone must have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for 15 months before qualifying for the fuel allowance. There needs to be a report on the effectiveness of the JobPath scheme. The cost to the taxpayer is €247.9 million. We need to invest more in local job clubs. In the midlands, job clubs are delivering a better and...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: ...social schemes who are over 55 and who have little chance of getting work again should be allowed to remain on the CE schemes. We should concentrate our efforts on the younger cohort of people who are involved in JobPath or who are on jobseeker's allowance. It is important that we look at this in a fresh light because many people on these schemes will not find jobs. It is important that...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...messages during the austerity years sent a clear signal to our youth that they had to leave the country or get used to living in poverty within State supports when they are out of work. When we introduced the JobPath schemes, we sent another message that told people to stay here and we would help them to take up low paid, precarious employment by forcing them, with the threat of sanction...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: ...€960 over an eight-week period rather than the original four-week period for those people who are in particularly vulnerable sectors, such as the music and events industry. I support Deputy Kerrane's assertions on the JobPath scheme. It is an absolute scandal. We had this before the Committee of Public Accounts recently. We heard that €11,000 per job was the net output...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: ...payment is paid, another payment of €925 would be made. This would be really beneficial to carers and it is something the Minister should look at. When we speak about things that are worthwhile and worth the cost, I always turn to JobPath and the continuous line from the Government that it is value for money. We know that to date, JobPath has cost the taxpayer almost €250...