Results 41-60 of 241 for jobpath speaker:Leo Varadkar

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (3 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...presented in tabular form. Employment Programme Total Participants to end March 2017 Community Employment 22,121 Job Initiative* 870 Gateway 399 JobBridge ** 976 JobsPlus 5,738 Jobpath 20,700 Tus 7,262 Wage Subsidy Scheme 2,356 Rural Social Scheme 2,632 Total 64,349 *Jobs Initiative has been closed to new applicants since 2004 **JobBridge has been closed to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (2 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...Department provides a range of activation supports catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market. These supports include Community Employment (CE) and JobPath. CE provides part-time temporary work in local communities, including opportunities for training and development as a stepping-stone back to employment, for people in receipt of a range...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (2 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The State’s employment activation service is delivered directly by the Department’s Intreo service and under contract arrangements by the JobPath service, the Local Employment Service (LES) and Job Clubs. The JobPath service complements the service provided by my Department’s own staff in Intreo Centres and by the Local Employment Service providers. This customer was...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (2 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The JobPath contracts provide that a customer should not have to travel more than 60 minutes in normal circumstances to attend an appointment. Where a customer has transport difficulties the JobPath Provider may assist the customer with travel arrangements including the reimbursement of reasonable travel costs. Turas Nua currently operates 27 full-time and 14 part-time offices throughout...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (2 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: My Department operates a range of employment supports, such as Tús and JobPath, which are designed to encourage and support people who are unemployed to re-enter the labour market. JobPath is an activation measure which also supports people who are long-term unemployed. It helps them to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. Participants spend 12 months on JobPath and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Data (2 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...the Deputy will be aware, the state’s Public Employment Service is managed by the Department and delivered directly by its own Intreo service as well as by contracted private companies, such as JobPath, Local Employment Service and Job Club providers. The department has contracts in place with 68 companies for the provision of these services (this includes two contracts with...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Data (2 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...the on the Tús Initiative for twelve months was €15,373.19. This figure includes payments to participants and the supervisory, implementing body and other support costs. By comparison JobPath is an employment service and all the initial costs are borne by the companies. The JobPath companies are paid fees based on a payment by results model. There are 5 fee types that...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I will certainly examine the matter. I know the cost of transport is a real issue. Of course it is not only an issue for people who are attending JobPath. It is an issue for people who go to work.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Data (13 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The State’s Public Employment Service is managed by my Department and delivered directly by its own Intreo service as well as by contracted private companies, such as JobPath, Local Employment Service (LES) and Job Club providers. The department currently has contracts in place with in excess of 60 companies for the provision of these services, comprising 44 Job Club, 22 Local...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (12 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. Two companies, Seetec and Turas Nua, have been contracted to deliver the service. While engaging with the JobPath service, participants are provided with a range of...

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 Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (12 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The activation supports and services which are available to those who are long-term unemployed include the JobPath employment activation service and work experience and training schemes such as Community Employment, CE, and Tús. The aim of the JobPath service is to assist participants in finding sustainable full-time paid employment. It is distinct from the Tús scheme which...

Other Questions: Employment Support Services (11 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The State's public employment service is managed by my Department and delivered directly by its own Intreo service, as well as by contracted private companies such as the two JobPath companies, Seetec Limited and Turas Nua Limited, the local employment service companies and job club providers. The Department has contracts in place with in excess of 60 companies for the provision of these...

Other Questions: Employment Support Services (11 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I am certainly aware of allegations of cherry-picking but they do not stack up because it is my Department that decides who is referred to JobPath. This is very different to the model used in the UK, which has been much criticised and where cherry-picking was possible. We decide who is referred and we make sure it is a decent spread of people with different types of needs. I do not...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes Operation (11 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...sense. Although I have seen many such cases, I do not want to see people who have been on the live register for years only wanting to take part in CE schemes all of a sudden when they are referred to JobPath, although they had an opportunity to do CE schemes years earlier. We cannot have people chopping and changing between different programmes and schemes. Once a person is on one...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Labour Activation Measures (11 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...start off at a lower point than where it ended. The second reason is that there is far more one-to-one engagement. When there was a large number of jobseekers, and Intreo had not yet been established and JobPath had not been contracted, there was little one-to-one engagement. Now, it is far more common so there has been an increase in the number of those sanctioned. I do not anticipate...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (11 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the experience of JobPath to date has been very positive. The most recent unemployment figures from the CSO show that the monthly unemployment rate in March 2017 stands at 6.4%. This is a decrease from 8.3% in March 2016 and 9.9% in March 2015, which is a decline of 3.5 percentage points in the past year. In addition, the CSO's quarterly...

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

Leo Varadkar: ...Deputy will be aware, 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 programmes such as the Community Employment (CE) scheme and Tús. It is worth highlighting that CE and Tús have always been outsourced to private...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (11 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The JobPath service which is funded by the Department is delivered by two service providers, Turas Nua Ltd and Seetec Business Technology Company Ltd. The JobPath model has a number of key features which enables my Department to monitor all aspects of the service provider’s performance and ensure contract compliance. Every participant is provided with a service guarantee - a baseline...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (11 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Participants on JobPath receive intensive individual support to help them address barriers to employment and to find jobs. Each person is assigned a personal advisor who assesses their skills, experience, challenges and work goals and agrees a personal progression plan that includes a schedule of activities, actions and job focused targets. I can confirm that the two companies contracted...