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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 June 2013

Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Ceisteanna (153)

Paschal Donohoe

Ceist:

153. Deputy Paschal Donohoe asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 421 of 28 May and 442 of 11 June 2013, the progress made to date on the specific targets that were published in the Government's Pathways to Work strategy (details supplied); if she will report on performance against these targets for quarter 1 and for quarter 2 of 2013; and if she cannot outline the progress made to date on these specific targets, the reason for same. [31146/13]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Social Protection

As the Deputy has previously been advised with respect to plans for 2013 I have published a comprehensive set of performance targets, set out on a quarter by quarter basis, on the Department’s website www.welfare.ie.

I intend to publish my Department’s performance against these targets starting in July of this year with the results of the first quarter available before close of business on 28 June 2013. Performance against quarter two targets will be measured at the end of quarter two.

It is not proposed to publish selectively on performance against the Pathways to Work targets prior to the formal publication of the relevant data.