Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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134. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the review of the Succeed in Ireland initiative with regard to the public consultation seeking input on the content of the terms of reference; and the reason there were no instructions, not even contact details and an email address, on her Department's website as to the way in which the public could make a submission regarding the initiative. [29633/17]

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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136. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there was a dedicated email address in her Department for the public consultation seeking input on the content of the terms of reference for the review of the Succeed in Ireland initiative; the reason submissions to the public consultation have not been published yet; when this will take place; and if her Department’s website was offline at times during the period of the public consultation. [29672/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 134 and 136 together.

As was announced previously, my Department will be commissioning an independent review of the Succeed-in-Ireland programme. That review, which will be carried out after details of the initiative’s full and final costs are available, should equip us with a thorough understanding of the programme’s results and its contribution to employment generation in the State.

In April and May this year, my Department undertook a public consultation seeking views on the draft terms of reference for the review. The webpage setting out information on that public consultation process was easily accessible on the Department's website. It was not offline at any time during the consultation period.  Contact details for the Department, including an email address and telephone number, were also available on that same webpage.

I am pleased that the consultation process elicited 17 different submissions. These are being examined by my Department and will help to shape the terms of reference for the review. The submissions will also be published once the terms of reference have been finalised.