Results 101-120 of 145 for jobpath speaker:Heather Humphreys

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Further Revised) (11 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: To date, more than 64,000 jobseekers have commenced employment during their engagement period with JobPath.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (11 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is now 62 years of age and he will no longer be selected for Activation through Intreo and he will not be selected for Jobpath. He can however contact a Case Officer at his own request if he has any queries on courses or TSG ( Training Support Grant ) funding, whilst he is receiving a Jobseekers Allowance payment. I trust this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (23 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, referrals to the JobPath service have ceased and the service is now in a run-off phase, with only clients referred up to June 2022 remaining engaged with the service. The annual JobPath budget for 2023 is €20M. As part of a restructuring of employment services, my Department has increased its own employment service capacity delivered through Intreo and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ..., and/or avail of suitable education, training or development opportunities, or specified employment programmes considered appropriate to the person’s circumstances.  This includes engaging with JobPath providers Turas Nua and Seetec. The process is designed to support and complement the person's individual efforts to secure employment. The person may outline the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (15 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...of Carer’s Supports (2019) - IGEES Spending Review: Lone Parents and In-Work Supports for Families with Children (2019) - Policy Review of Carer's Allowance (2019) - Working paper: Evaluation of JobPath outcomes for Q1 2016 participants (2019) - Review of the Financial Effects of Maintenance Payments in Means Testing (2019) As the reviews listed above were undertaken by either...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, referrals to the JobPath service have now ceased and the service is in a run-off phase, with only clients referred up to June 2022 remaining engaged with the service. Research into JobPath, including by the OECD, indicates that the programme led to positive employment and earnings outcomes across a variety of hard-to-reach groups. As part of a restructuring...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (14 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...and overall framework for activation and employment support and was published on the 12th of July. The procurement of the Intreo Regional Employment Service is distinct and separate from the JobPath service and under the principle of fair and equal treatment in respect of procurement regulations, all entities are free to submit a tender under a Request for Tender.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (18 May 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...people will not get their jobs back when the economy reopens fully. We want to help them find other jobs. A number of approaches to this work are being taken, including local employment services, JobPath and Intreo. Above all, we do not want to reduce any of those services. With this request for tender, which I hope to publish very shortly, I aim to expand services in areas where we do...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (27 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...carried out for the period 1 January 2021 to date are as follows: - Between November 2021 and January 2022 my Department commissioned a customer survey targeted at customers of Jobseekers and JobPath. This was a telephone survey and the cost of this survey was €72,324. - During 2021 my Department carried out 3 surveys targeted at employers. These were telephone surveys on employer...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (1 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...at the minute to do that. I am more focused on making sure the new system beds in well. The bottom line is that the people who need this support get it when they need it. The total number of JobPath engagements to date is over 351,000, giving a total cost per client engagement of €925 and delivering 12 months of engagement with employment services. Our view is that this provides...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (24 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ..., my Department began engagement with external consultants in a review of all public employment services (PES), including contracted employment services delivered through EmployAbility, Job Clubs, JobPath and the Local Employment Services. A joint bid by the Institute for Employment Studies and Social Finance was successful. These entities, reviewed the existing contracted PES,...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...and the service it provides will go out to tender at some stage during 2021. As I said, I will continue to look at it. We all want the same thing. We want good value for money and I am told the JobPath service, at an average cost of €800, is much cheaper than some of the other services we provide because they are done on a different system. In fairness, my Secretary General gave...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The JobPath contract contains provisions for early termination, notwithstanding any dispute which may arise and which is covered elsewhere in the contract. Written notice must be served on the contractor 6 months in advance of a termination.  The amount of compensation to be paid to the service providers is stipulated in the contract.  However, the amount of compensation,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (18 May 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...the pandemic. There are currently 363,000 people on the PUP and another 177,000 on the live register. There are a number of different approaches to this. There are the local employment services, JobPath and the Intreo offices. As we face challenges and as the restrictions are lifted and people get back to work, I believe there will be challenges for those who do not get their jobs...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Unemployment (3 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...and Science, and as I said earlier, funding was secured as part of the July stimulus. The public employment service, which covers the spectrum of services, including local employment service, JobPath, job clubs and employability service, which is focused on helping people with disabilities get into the work force, has a current capacity between all those services to deal with a total...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (3 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...supports. Some of the supports needed to get people back to work are very specific and tailored. What we want to do is work with those concerned, especially through the local employment services, JobPath providers and Intreo offices. All the services exist to help to get people back into the workforce. Sometimes it does not work so we re-engage and try to help those concerned and walk...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (29 Sep 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ... Provision of Translation Services (two contracts, Irish and other languages) €580,000.00 To meet my Department’s policy objectives of providing employment support services to jobseekers to assist them into employment, the Department contracts external employment services through four programmes - JobPath, Local Employment...