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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Projects (17 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: JobPath is the Government’s new programme of labour market activation aimed specifically at the long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed. JobPath will be delivered by third party providers of employment services under contract to the Department. On 12 December 2013, the Department published a contract notice inviting tenders for the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (20 Feb 2014)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 132 and 133 together. JobPath is the Government’s new labour market activation service aimed specifically at the long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed. JobPath will be delivered by private/third party providers of employment services under contract to the Department. JobPath will augment and complement the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (4 Mar 2014)

Joan Burton: JobPath is the Government’s new labour market activation service aimed specifically at the long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed. JobPath will augment and complement the Department’s own employment service capacity as well as that of Local Employment Service (LES) and Job Clubs providers, who operate under contract to the Department,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (5 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new programme of employment activation intended to support people, who are long-term unemployed (over 12 months) or most at risk of becoming long term unemployed, to secure and sustain full-time paid employment or self-employment. The Department is currently in the process of finalising contracts with the aim of commencing the programme in mid-2015. The Department is working...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (23 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is the Government’s new labour market activation service aimed specifically at long-term unemployed jobseekers and those new jobseekers most distant from the labour market, with the primary objective of assisting such persons to secure sustained full-time paid employment. JobPath will be delivered by two companies – Seetec Limited and Turas Nua Limited. JobPath will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 40 to 43, inclusive, together. JobPath is a new approach to employment activation to support long-term unemployed people and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. Jobseekers, who are selected for JobPath, are invited to attend an initial information session at which the jobseekers’ rights and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. All decisions regarding a person’s welfare entitlements while on JobPath will be taken only by Departmental officials and not by the JobPath companies. The JobPath companies may neither...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (24 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: Briefings on JobPath were provided by Department officials to Oireachtas members on 16 July 2015 and 29 September 2015 and copies of the briefing material were provided to all members. JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain full-time, paid...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobs Initiative (19 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: On 12 December 2013, the Department published a contract notice inviting tenders for the provision of employment services. This new programme, which is called “JobPath”, is aimed specifically at the long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed. JobPath will be delivered by private/third party providers of employment services under contract to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Activation Projects (6 May 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is the Government's new labour market activation service aimed specifically at long-term unemployed jobseekers and those new jobseekers most distant from the labour market, with the primary objective of assisting such persons to secure sustained full-time paid employment. It is not intended that people who are in receipt of a disability related income support payment, e.g. Disability...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2015)

Joan Burton: No. "Agency services" relates to JobPath. The original Estimate for JobPath for 2015 was €12 million. At the time it was thought that JobPath would commence earlier in 2015 than turned out to be the case. There were many complications around contracts, tendering and so on. Provision was made for a more aggressive roll-out schedule, with multiple locations going live over a shorter...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. JobPath is one of the range of activation supports, including schemes such as CE and Tús, catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers. In general, and JobPath is not an exception, it...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (20 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: JobPath is not a programme but a new approach to resourcing and delivering employment activation services to people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed. In this regard it complements the service provided by the Department’s own staff in Intreo Centres and by the Local Employment Service providers. Turas Nua Limited is one of two...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 May 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is specifically designed to help those jobseekers who are most distant from the labour market to gain sustained employment. JobPath companies will engage approximately 1,000 staff to provide services for up to 400,000 jobseekers over a four-year period. Following the completion of a public procurement process, two companies were selected to provide JobPath - Turas Nua Limited and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (28 Jan 2014)

Joan Burton: It is understood that the Deputy is enquiring about employment supports that can be accessed by jobseekers while they are on the JobPath programme. JobPath will deliver some of the Government’s employment services aimed specifically at the long-term unemployed and those most distant from the labour market. It will be delivered by private/third party contractors on a payment by results...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: While the client was written to on 14 October 2015, inviting her to put her name forward to be interviewed in connection with a TÚS programme, she had previously been selected to take part in Jobpath. JobPath is one of the range of activation supports, including schemes such as CE and TÚS, catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers. In general, and JobPath is not an exception,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (22 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new approach of employment activation which will cater mainly for people who are long-term unemployed (over 12 months) and will assist them to secure and sustain full-time paid employment or self-employment. The JobPath providers will provide intensive individual support, advice and coaching to jobseekers and will also help participants to address social inclusion barriers and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. Following the completion of a public procurement process, two companies were selected to provide the JobPath service - Turas Nua Limited and Seetec Limited. The minimum elements of customer...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (5 Mar 2014)

Joan Burton: JobPath is the Government’s new programme of labour market activation aimed specifically at the long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed. On 1 July 2013, the Department published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) in which it notified the market that it was considering the potential of contracting private/third party providers of employment services....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (28 Jan 2014)

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...