Results 121-140 of 241 for jobpath speaker:Leo Varadkar

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (16 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...through placement on a work experience or training programme for a limited duration; they are not full-time sustainable jobs. The person concerned has completed a TÚS placement and is now with the JobPath service, which is providing intensive individual support and advice to help him find full time sustainable employment. If he is successful in finding a suitable job, the JobPath...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (14 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...’s Public Employment Service (PES) is managed by the Department of Social Protection (DSP) and delivered directly by its own Intreo service as well as by contracted private companies, such as JobPath providers, Local Employment Services (LES) and Job Club providers. The activation supports and services which are available to those who are long term unemployed include JobPath,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (7 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: My Department provides a range of activation supports for unemployed jobseekers. These supports include the JobPath service and employment programmes such as the Community Employment (CE) schemes for long term unemployed and Intreo activation support for the short term unemployed. The JobPath service is provided for jobseekers only, whereas CE provides part time temporary work in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Data (7 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Each JobPath Provider’s website lists a service guarantee which will be offered to every participant, this covers a baseline level of service including frequency of engagement, personal progression planning, geographic accessibility and in-employment support. On referral, each jobseeker is assigned a personal advisor who assesses the person’s skills, experience, challenges and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (7 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...the criteria, for example, those who are signing for credits, or are receiving social welfare benefits from a different country, are not eligible to participate on CE. Persons who are engaged with the JobPath programme are also ineligible for CE for the duration of their participation on JobPath, but are immediately eligible upon exiting this programme. With the ongoing welcome...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (7 Feb 2017)

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 JobPath and employment programmes such as Community Employment (CE) and Tús schemes. The JobPath service aims to place people into full-time sustainable employment. The period of engagement with JobPath for any...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...) by 25% from 27% to 20% by the end of 2018 24% N/A Increase the exit rate of people on the Live Register for two years or more by 30% (to 52%) by the end of 2018 44% N/A Fully implement the JobPath programme and refer at least 60,000 long term unemployed people to JobPath in 2016 60,000 referrals to JobPath 70,000 referrals Double the number of employers signed up to the Employment and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...) by 25% from 27% to 20% by the end of 2018 24% N/A Increase the exit rate of people on the Live Register for two years or more by 30% (to 52%) by the end of 2018 44% N/A Fully implement the JobPath programme and refer at least 60,000 long term unemployed people to JobPath in 2016 60,000 referrals to JobPath 70,000 referrals Double the number of employers signed up to the Employment and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (2 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...engage with the Department’s activation service and this obligation applies irrespective of whether the service is provided by the Department’s own case officers or those advisors employed by JobPath. JobPath is one of a range of activation supports, including schemes such as Community Employment (CE), catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers. When referred to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (31 Jan 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. The service is being delivered through a payment by results model and all initial costs are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (25 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is an employment activation service for people who are long-term unemployed (LTU) and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. Clients are randomly selected for participation and the protocols for selection currently preclude the selection of anyone who has already completed JobPath within the...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (24 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...seen in recent years is a big expansion in the number of schemes. In addition to the extra CE schemes, Tús was added, Gateway was added on to that, JobBridge was added on to that and we now have JobPath as well. At the same time, we have seen a massive reduction in unemployment, which means many schemes, programmes and services are having difficulty filling vacancies, largely...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Employment Service (24 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...form part of the State’s public employment service. This service is managed by the Department of Social Protection and delivered directly by its own Intreo service as well as by contractors, such as JobPath, the local employment service, LES, and job club providers. Both Intreo and contractor staff provide unemployed jobseekers with advice and assistance to identify, pursue and...

Other Questions: Unemployment Levels (24 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...for the long-term unemployed and young unemployed. For example, the Pathways to Work 2016-2020 strategy prioritises long-term unemployed people. It does this most notably through the roll-out of JobPath to engage more systematically with this group, targeted wage subsidies under JobsPlus and reserved places for long-term unemployed jobseekers on employment and training programmes. Under...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (24 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Department was careful in designing the JobPath service to ensure that payments to contractors are conditional on people not just finding a job but staying in the job and that the job is a full-time job. Contractors are paid quarterly in arrears for each 13 week period of sustained employment of at least 30 hours per week and will only get full payments if the jobseeker stays in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (24 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...’s Public Employment Service (PES) is managed by the Department of Social Protection (DSP) 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. With JobPath the department has procured additional resources to enable it to provide a high quality case managed employment...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (24 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...being referred to the activation process (Group Engagement followed by regular one-to-one case officer contact); wage subsidies in JobsPlus; the roll-out of a payment-by-results contracted employment services in JobPath, to provide additional capacity in order to engage more systematically with long-term unemployed jobseekers; and reserved places for long-term unemployed jobseekers on a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (24 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: No personally identifiable client information is stored outside Ireland by either company. 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. The service is delivered by two companies, Seetec and Turas Nua. Information...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Data (24 Jan 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. The service is delivered by two companies, Seetec and Turas Nua. The first referrals from the Coolock Intreo Centre were made in February 2016, and to date almost 700 clients...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (19 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...of offices including Branch Offices, Community Welfare Clinics, Activation Services, Social Welfare Inspectorate Services, Community Employment Services, Local Employment Services (LES) and the JobPath Programme. Provision of information and access to income supports is provided by the Departments Community Welfare Service, which holds a weekly clinic in Ballybay. In addition the...