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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (27 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...will be delivered by the Education and Training Boards at levels 3, 4 and 5. The Department’s externally contracted employment support services, which includes Local Employment Services (LES), JobPath and Employability, have been briefed on the new programme and are encouraged to promote WPEP opportunities to interested jobseekers. Where jobseekers are successful in gaining a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Schemes (15 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: ...a clear reference to increased outsourcing of so-called case workers. This will mean a greater involvement of companies such as Seetec, Turas Nua and other companies that are currently involved in JobPath. This is a dangerous road to go down from the point of view of the public sector and jobseekers. There is an alternative to these kinds of free labour schemes that displace existing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (14 Jul 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Heather Humphreys: ...process will begin shortly. The second phase entails the extension of the Regional Employment Services model throughout the rest of the State, as well as consideration of a replacement of the JobPath service. As the procurement process for Phase 1 is still ongoing, my officials are already reviewing the process for any lessons that can be taken from it, and will continue to do so as we...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (6 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...existing local employment service. This expansion of employment services is the first phase of ensuring State-wide coverage by January 2022. Parallel to this process is the expiration of the JobPath contracts. Referrals to JobPath service providers will cease at the end of 2021, though some clients will continue to complete their JobPath engagement into 2022 and 2023. My...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Claire Kerrane: .... They should be ringing over the fact that we have over 2,000 vacancies. It is important that we acknowledge referrals to CE were reducing long before Covid. They were reducing all the time. JobPath was ramping up and CE was not getting a look in. I appreciate the scheme has been extended for current participants but, after Covid, we should consider the position of the over-55s....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Claire Kerrane: .... To me, that is very serious. I am concerned about the end of walk-ins. All present should be concerned about that. As regards the payment-by-results model, I ask the Minister to consider JobPath, with more than €93 million of taxpayers' money paid to Turas Nua and Seetec in referral fees just for getting a person to sign on. They received individual payments of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (1 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: In December 2019, my Department engaged external consultants, IES and Social Finance, to carry out a review of all public employment services, including EmployAbility, Job Clubs, JobPath and the Local Employment Services. The consultants in their review engaged extensively with current employment service providers and other stakeholders in the process including representative bodies for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Róisín Shortall: 360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the increase in the training support grant from €500 to €1,000 is not available for JobPath participants despite INTREO confirming that the increase should be paid to JobPath participants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34317/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (29 Jun 2021) See 3 other results from this answer

Claire Kerrane: 372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referral fees paid to Seetec and Turas Nua since JobPath commenced. [34940/21]

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,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (24 Jun 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Claire Kerrane: 340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if referrals to JobPath will cease in December 2021 as planned. [34096/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (22 Jun 2021)

Joe O'Brien: ...job ready.  In advance of leaving the project, the CE Supervisor will also help him prepare an exit plan to assist him return to the labour market. On finishing CE, the person concerned may be referred to my Department’s JobPath service who can work with him to ensure that the benefits of the experience and training received during his time on CE are maximised.  The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Support Services (17 Jun 2021)

Damien English: ..., and Laois and Offaly. The existing contracts of the Department of Social Protection's main contracted employment services providers, including local employment services, job clubs, and JobPath, all expire at the end of this year. Not replacing these contracts would entail a significant reduction in public employment service capacity. Instead, the Department is now increasing its...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Proposed Regional Employment Service: Discussion (16 Jun 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Claire Kerrane: ...those furthest away from the job and labour market will not have the access to services they have had up until now. What are the differences between the model being proposed in this tender and JobPath? I ask the Minister to please look at the results from JobPath. Nearly €300 million was spent and over 280,000 people were referred, some of them two, three or four times. That...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (15 Jun 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a training fund of up to €1,000 is available for persons in receipt of jobseeker’s payment but is not available for participants of JobPath who can only avail of job related training on a discretionary case by case basis such as in the case of a person (details supplied). [31274/21]