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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Referrals to the JobPath service ceased in June 2022 and the service is now in a run-off phase. The Department's contract for JobPath is expected to end in June 2024, following completion of the contract exit plan which is currently being progressed. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (14 Dec 2023)

Heather Humphreys: JobPath is a payment by results model and all set-up and day-to-day operational costs are borne by the companies. Referrals to the JobPath service ceased in June 2022 and the service is now in a run-off phase. 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. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (27 Jun 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...my Department’s own staff, or on behalf of my Department through Intreo Partners and other service providers. Seetec currently operates employment services on behalf of my Department, including Jobpath services. JobPath providers are required to offer in-work support to participants for up to twelve months while they remain in employment. This includes scheduled contact with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Jun 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. Following comprehensive procurement processes, new Intreo Partners employment services were introduced to engage with the long-term unemployed and other clients as appropriate. Seetec operates two...

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: Labour Activation Measures (18 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 874 to 877, inclusive, together. 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 with some 24,000 clients currently engaged with the service, the majority of whom are in the first phase of the service and who may...

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

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy knows, JobPath is being wound down. No new referrals are being made but existing participants are being allowed to finish their engagements, which is fair enough. With regard to a review, we already did a comprehensive review in conjunction with the OECD back in 2019. As the Deputy well knows, we have been through the findings many times before. In short, the OECD found that...

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

Heather Humphreys: As I said, we have been through this on a number of occasions. The Deputy has one view and I have a set of figures. JobPath is a mechanism through which support is provided to long-term unemployed jobseekers through access to employment assistance and advice for a period of 12 months. It follows a payment-by-results model and is associated with day-to-day operational costs. The risks were...

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: Departmental Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...of the Abhaile service. Quarter 1 2023 8. Review of the Rural Social Scheme. Quarter 4 2023 9. Satisfaction surveys of Jobseeker and JobPath services to ascertain customers' views of the Department’s services. Ongoing on an annual basis 10. Review of request for access to the Free...

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

Heather Humphreys: Regarding public employment services, the contracts for JobPath provided for a two-phase approach that entailed client referrals for a number of years followed immediately by a run-off period of two years to facilitate existing clients to complete their engagement with the service. The extension provision in JobPath contracts was agreed and activated in August 2019 with the result that phase...

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 Data (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 379 to 381, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware JobPath was contracted to provide employment assistance and advice to jobseekers. While not a job placement service it has a proven track record of providing sustained employment. Since 2015, over 350,000 Jobseekers had engaged with the JobPath service of whom some 303,000 had either completed or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...a series of recommendations on the design and operation of contracted public employment services. In 2019 my Department commissioned an independent review of the provision of employment advisory services, including JobPath, Local Employment Services and Job Clubs.  This review conducted by the Institute of Employment Studies and Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (14 Jul 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...on the design and operation of contracted public employment services. In 2019 my Department commissioned an independent review of the provision of employment advisory services, including JobPath, Local Employment Services and Job Clubs.  This review conducted by the Institute of Employment Studies and Social Finance, reviewed the provision of services and made recommendations for the...

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 Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (5 Jul 2022)

Heather Humphreys: My Department contracts with different service providers for a range of employment services including those provided by Job Clubs, Local Employment Services and JobPath services. Contractually, any payments made to contractors are solely related to the delivery of these employment services. There is no contractual provision for additional payments to contractors related to their fiduciary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (28 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...Benefit 53 736 437 85 59 121 Income Support Helpline 0 0 0 0 9 2 JobPath 56 43 37 6 13 16 Letterkenny 99 105 94 56 45 12 Longford ...

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

Heather Humphreys: The person is not under any obligation to provide employment or employer details to the JobPath provider but, if they wish to do so and avail of the in-employment support offered, all information will be treated confidentially. It is not necessarily the case that the Department holds employment history of all individuals who are referred to the JobPath service.  JobPath providers...