Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I beg the Deputy's pardon. Two figures are issued, namely, every month and every quarter. The monthly figures from the CSO for the end of August show that the youth unemployment rate is 13.9%. It is the quarterly figures that we really rely upon, the labour force survey. They reflect a more accurate position. That figure is at 15.4%. Given that it is coming from 30% and going down, the figure is definitely going in the right direction. I hope that YESS will provide a significant roadmap to ensure we get the figure down to single digits next year.

At the end of July, there were approximately 93,000 clients engaged with JobPath, of whom 708, less than 1%, had a current penalty rate applied to their claim. The figure is consistent with the overall level of penalty rate applied across all jobseekers claims. I do not think it what the Deputy is asking; he is asking about penalties to Seetec and Turas Nua. I will get back to him on that if he does not mind.