Deputy Ring dealt very eloquently with the concept of the one-stop shop for getting people back to work. Fine Gael's policy document "Reinventing Government" sets out our vision for helping people back to work through the provision of a one-stop shop called the payments and entitlements service, PES. The service will become a one-stop-shop for getting the unemployed back to work. FÁS will be dismantled and the PES will become the unemployed person's pathway for re-entering the workforce. The PES will deal with the individual from start to finish, combining functions currently split between the Department of Social Protection and FÁS. When a person becomes unemployed, he will go to the PES one-stop shop to register and undergo assessment for his social welfare entitlements. He will then undergo a thorough skills assessment and will be given the opportunity to avail of recommended training in accredited training providers, paid for by the PES. The PES will provide a range of employment services, carrying out regular face-to-face interviews with the unemployed.

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