Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We will not know until we get the return of the tenders because, essentially, we will ask people to provide employment support services specifically with the idea of getting people into work. One example we have currently is the local employment service, which involves locally established companies. There are a number of those around the country. We outsource social welfare clients to them and they give detailed advice, support and hand-holding to get people back into education or work. We already have the model in operation. The model for JobPath is similar. People would be remunerated to a significant degree based on outcomes. In other words, we will not hand over large amounts of money unless people are committing to specific levels of outcome. The tender process is under way currently. There has been much discussion as well of other organisations at local level seeking to build up co-operative partnerships. I have seen references to that in the media. We will come back to you, Chairman, when we have more information, probably after Easter.