Social Welfare Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2020-12-09
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Heather Humphreys (FG), Cavan-Monaghan

I will continue to review it. It was only extended for one year 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 a full report at the Committee of Public Accounts. The other services cost in the region, or in excess, of €1,000, on average, and this one represents good value for the taxpayer.
I take on board the Deputy's concerns. As I said, when I came into the Department, I had similar concerns to the Deputy but I have gone through it in detail and I will continue to keep it under review.

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Sitting date: 2020-12-09