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Social Welfare Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...and the service it provides will go out to tender at some stage during 2021. As I said, I will continue to look at it. We all want the same thing. We want good value for money and I am told the JobPath service, at an average cost of €800, is much cheaper than some of the other services we provide because they are done on a different system. In fairness, my Secretary General gave...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: I move amendment No. 9: In page 9, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “Report on the effectiveness of the JobPath scheme 18. The Minister shall prepare and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on the effectiveness of the JobPath scheme and the impact it is having on the sustainability of other job activation schemes and that the report shall be presented...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: JobPath leaves much to be desired. Turas Nua and Seetec are not private companies per se, but they are acting like private companies. This is the wrong formula. They get paid when someone is referred to them and when someone gets a position. I have dealt with some awful cases where mental distress has been caused by the abuse people received and the hardships they were forced through...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Before I joined this Department, I had the same concerns some of the Deputies have raised. However, I have gone into this matter in great detail. JobPath is providing a service. It is only one part of the jigsaw. I have been in touch with local employment service providers and want to increase the local employment service's capacity by 50% from 20,000 people to 30,000. I also want to...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2020)

Claire Kerrane: The Minister has stated that not everyone is going to JobPath, but more people are being referred to it than to any other scheme. That has been the case for a number of years. Regarding the more than 280,000 people who have been referred, the success rate where a job is sustained for longer than 52 weeks is 7%. I welcome the Minister's acknowledgement that the referral fee of €311 is...