Results 61-80 of 210 for jobpath speaker:Regina Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: JobPath Programme (9 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed, including those working part time and those at risk of becoming long-term unemployed, to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. All jobseekers over one year on the Live Register are eligible for selection for the JobPath service and customers are chosen by means of a random selection...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (4 Dec 2019)

Regina Doherty: JobPath is an employment activation service which supports jobseekers to secure and sustain full-time paid employment.  Following the completion of a rigorous public procurement process, two companies were selected to provide the JobPath service - Turas Nua and Seetec. The terms of the contracts signed with the companies provide for two consecutive phases: phase one entailed four...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Data (23 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...Brexit and the potential - God forbid - for losing 40,000 or 50,000 jobs, the Department triggered an extension to the provisions of the existing contract and agreement was reached with the JobPath providers to extend the existing contracts by one year, with referrals on that JobPath programme up until 2020. It is not a renewal of the JobPath contracts but an execution of the extension...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (29 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...amended, specifies that participation in activation meetings is mandatory and that applies to all activation services provided by the Department including those provided by the contracted providers JobPath; Local Employment Services and Jobs Clubs. JobPath is designed to support people who are long term unemployed to obtain and sustain employment in the open labour market. The JobPath...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: The aim of the JobPath service is to assist participants in finding sustainable full-time paid employment by providing intensive individual support and assistance. The Rural Social Scheme (RSS) provides income support for underemployed farmers who are in receipt of specific social welfare supports. Participants are engaged for 19½ hours per week to provide certain services of benefit...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (27 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware the primary purpose of the activation services provided by my Department, including the JobPath service, is to assist and support jobseekers to look for and sustain full time employment. My Department refers long-term job seeking customers to the JobPath service to receive one-to one intensive and regular engagement with a personal adviser. The JobPath companies...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The aim of the JobPath service is to assist participants in finding sustainable full-time paid employment. Community Employment (CE) schemes, provides part-time employment and training opportunities in local communities for people in receipt of a Social Welfare payment, including long-term unemployment payments as a stepping stone back to employment. It is important to note that Community...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (7 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: Turas Nua is one of the contractors delivering the Jobpath service on behalf of my department. The aim of the JobPath service, which is provided for jobseekers only, is to assist them in finding sustainable full time paid employment. Community Employment schemes provide part-time work experience and training opportunities in local communities as a stepping stone back to employment for people...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (7 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is a service that supports people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. It is important to note that these types of services, which are delivered under contract by JobPath, Local Employment Service and Job Club providers, do not create employment in themselves rather...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (20 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: I can only look at the facts. All the evidence available to me indicates the experience of customers who have engaged with JobPath has been exceptionally positive. That is not drawn from anecdotal evidence. We did a customer satisfaction survey over the past couple of months which indicated that up to 81% of customers were satisfied with the service provided by JobPath and that it had...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (13 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy is aware JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed, including those working part time to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. The person in question was referred to the JobPath programme in July 2017 and agreed a personal progression plan in August 2017 and has attended a number of appointments and workshops over...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...commencement of mandatory activation measures, but those who have been selected for any activation programme and reach 62 years of age whilst with the service are expected to complete it. Clients for JobPath are chosen by means of a random selection process which excludes those over 62 years of age as well as those who have already engaged with the programme more than 2 months ago. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...time and part time unemployment to full-time and sustained employment. A jobseeker who already has an offer of a placement on a Community Employment Scheme (CE) or Tús when they are referred to the JobPath service will be facilitated to take up the offer. I also announced last week that customers of my Department who are currently engaged with the JobPath service and those who may be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (18 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed, including those working part time and those at risk of becoming long-term unemployed, to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. All jobseekers over one year on the Live Register are eligible for selection for the JobPath service and clients are chosen by means of a random selection process....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Training Support Grant (11 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: ...is activation focused and the jobseeker is required to provide reasonable evidence of need, in the form of a potential job offer or a requirement to maintain or achieve accreditation. Although JobPath participants do not have access to the Training Support Grant (TSG) provided by the Department while participating on the JobPath service, JobPath providers will, on a case by case...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (6 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: The JobBridge Scheme closed in 2016. JobPath is provided for long term unemployed jobseekers only; Jobseekers remain with the JobPath service for 52 weeks and if they are successful in finding work in that time, the JobPath service will provide in-work support for at least the first 13 weeks. While compliance with employment law is a matter for the employer, the JobPath customer can...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (3 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...-time and part-time unemployment to full-time and sustained employment. A jobseeker that already has an offer of a placement on a Community Employment Scheme (CE) or Tús when they are referred to the JobPath service will be facilitated to take up the offer. I recently announced that customers of my Department who are currently engaged with the JobPath service and those who may be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (9 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware JobPath is a case management service that provides employment counselling and advice to long-term unemployed jobseekers with a view to improving their prospects of securing sustained employment.  It complements the case management services provided directly by the Department's own staff via Intreo and via other contracted providers such as the Local...

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I welcome the opportunity to address the House on the important role that the JobPath service has played, and continues to play, in the provision of activation services to the long-term unemployed. Deputies have seen and heard the countermotion tabled by the Government and I wholeheartedly endorse its wording. The Government and its immediate predecessor have worked tirelessly to address...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes Data (1 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...range of activation supports catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. These supports include the JobPath service. The JobPath service is designed to support people who are long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. This service is delivered by two companies, Seetec Ltd...