Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 42:

In page 14, after line 7, to insert the following:“10. The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection shall, within eight months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the provision of educational opportunities for people in receipt of social welfare payments, including:

(a) an examination of the range of educational options presented to jobseekers, including those on jobseeker’s transitional payment;

(b) a consideration of anomalies in access to back to education allowance;

(c) a review of literacy supports presented to jobseekers; and

(d) recommendations in relation to paragraphs (a), (b)and (c).”.

I will withdraw the amendment and reserve the right to re-introduce it.