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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: JobPath providers have their own discretionary funds available to pay for training or other interventions; the decision to approve or reject any request for funding is solely at the discretion of the JobPath provider. They will take into account the duration, cost and relevance to the customer’s job goal preferences. The prevalence of employment opportunities in the sector will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (24 Apr 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...a 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. Certain groups of people are excluded from referral to JobPath, one such group being Education Sector Workers. As a lollipop person the customer in question is an Education...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (2 Jun 2016) See 3 other results from this answer

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 219, 220 and 221 together. JobPath will support long-term unemployed people and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. Two companies, Turas Nua and Seetec, have been contracted by the Department to deliver JobPath services. Participants on JobPath receive intensive individual support to help them...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (6 Feb 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...training where this cannot be provided by a state provider within a reasonable time or where an intervention is identified that can support individual jobseekers to access work opportunities. JobPath participants do not have access to the Training Support Grant while participating on the JobPath service. Participants on JobPath receive intensive individual support to help overcome...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (28 Jan 2014) See 2 other results from this answer

Joan Burton: ...with tailored employment services and supports for jobseekers and employers alike. Intreo offices currently refer jobseekers to Local Employment Services (LES) and will continue to do so when JobPath becomes operational. Under the National Employment Action Plan (NEAP), people in receipt of jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance who reached three months duration on the live...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (29 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: With JobPath the department has procured additional resources to enable it to provide a high quality case managed employment support service to people who are long term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed. The JobPath service was designed to augment and complement the Department’s existing employment service capacity, including that provided by LES.Prior...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (17 Jan 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Leo Varadkar: My Department provides a range of activation supports catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market. These supports include the JobPath service and employment services such as TÚS and Community Employment (CE). TÚS is a community work placement initiative providing short-term working opportunities for jobseekers as a stepping stone...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (19 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed and those most distant from the labour market to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. Upon referral the JobPath provider receives data that allows them to commence engagement with the customer. This data includes the customer’s name, address, date of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (19 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 620 and 621 together. 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 Limited and Seetec Business Technology Centre Limited.  Contracts were...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (15 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: JobPath is one of a range of activation supports, including employment schemes such as Community Employment (CE) and Tús, catering for unemployed jobseekers. As the Deputy is aware, the rural social scheme (RSS) provides an income support payment to low income farmers and fishermen while they undertake certain services of benefit to rural communities. The Community Services...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (12 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Turas Nua is one of two companies who have been contracted by my Department to provide the JobPath service to people who are long term unemployed. The main aim of the JobPath service is to place jobseekers into full time sustainable employment. During that time, the person receives intensive and personalised support and assistance to find suitable work. There is no restriction on any...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (27 Jun 2018) See 1 other result from this answer

Regina Doherty: JobPath is one of a range of activation supports which includes schemes such as TÚS and Community Employment (CE), catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers. Activation services are also provided by departmental case officers in the Intreo Centres, or by contracted companies and organisations such as Local Employment Services (LES), Job Clubs and the JobPath providers. The...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (27 Sep 2016) See 4 other results from this answer

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 402 to 404, inclusive, together. JobPath is an employment activation service which supports people who are long-term unemployed to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. Two companies, Turas Nua Limited and Seetec Limited, have been contracted to provide the service on behalf of my Department. The JobPath contracts provide that a person should...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: I have been advised that a letter was sent to the person concerned on 13October inviting her to attend a JobPath group information session on 20 October. JobPath is a new approach to employment activation aimed primarily at the long-term unemployed (over 12 months). The person concerned received a follow up phone call on 14October to confirm the appointment but she said that was unable to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Agencies Funding (6 Jul 2016) See 1 other result from this answer

Leo Varadkar: JobPath is an employment activation service designed to support people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. The JobPath service in Mallow is provided under contract by Turas Nua Limited. The office was completely refurbished and fitted out by Turas Nua and is in line with the company’s normal...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Employment Service (4 Apr 2019)

Thomas Pringle: ...be fair and that the people to whom I referred can compete for them. I am interested in the Minister's comments to the effect that no two jobseekers are the same. It is a pity she does not tell JobPath that, because JobPath behaves in a way that suits its own needs. The local employment schemes are very successful and very important, especially as regards the local model they use. The...

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...market activation that the Government "will develop our social protection services into an active employment service that works with, and helps, jobseekers to return to work". My question is on JobPath and how I and people in the community services believe that JobPath is undermining the viability of other schemes such as community employment and local employment services. My colleague,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (5 Jul 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The JobPath service helps and supports their clients to identify and pursue suitable job opportunities themselves and the personal adviser will provide any appropriate support that the person may require, from preparing their CV and assisting with the job application to financial assistance for clothing or transport costs at interview stage or in the first days of employment. JobPath fees...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The aim of the JobPath service, which is provided for jobseekers only, is to assist them in finding sustainable full time paid employment. Each person referred to the JobPath service is allocated a personal advisor who provides intensive individual support and assistance. When a jobseeker with JobPath finds employment, they will be supported by the JobPath Company for at least the first 13...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...to engaging with the employment services offered by the State whether those services are provided directly by the Department’s own staff or by staff contracted through the Local Employment Services or JobPath and working as agents of the Department. The concept of rights and responsibilities is reflected in legislation. The Social Welfare (Consolidated) Act 2005, as amended,...