Results 41-60 of 145 for jobpath speaker:Heather Humphreys

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (22 Mar 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ..., translation & interpretation services and customer helpline support. 1.  Externally Contracted Employment Services  The Department contracts external employment services through four programmes: JobPath, Local Employment Services (LES), EmployAbility and Job Clubs.  Externally contracted provision supports the Department with additional capacity and access to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (8 Mar 2022)

Heather Humphreys: In parallel with the Intreo service, our contracted public employment services - including JobPath, paused and resumed activation for new referrals during 2020 and 2021 in line with public health advice. In December, in light of the continuing adverse impacts of Covid-19 and on foot of extending the period of consultation with the relevant stakeholders, it was agreed to extend all...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (8 Mar 2022)

Heather Humphreys: All jobseekers referred for the assistance of the employment support services, including those referred to the JobPath service, are asked to complete an assessment of their skills, qualifications, and work experience for the purpose of agreeing a personal progression plan. The personal progression plan typically contains a schedule of activities, actions and job-focused targets, taking into...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...gaining employment. Activation services are provided both internally through the Department’s Intreo Centres, and externally through our partners such as Local Employment Services (LES) and JobPath. The criteria for selection for activation are as follows: - The customer has been awarded a jobseeker payment, and - There is no policy reason for excluding the customer from...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (16 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I will ask the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, to deal with the CES, Tús and RSS. As to JobPath, some 324,000 customers have engaged with the service. The average cost per participant is €873, excluding VAT. A total of 69,000 people found full-time employment. The fees are paid when an individual gains and sustains employment. The local employment service request for tender...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Service Level Agreements (1 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 555 to 557, inclusive, together. Turas Nua is one of two companies contracted to provide the JobPath employment assistance and advisory service on behalf of my Department. The purpose of the service is to provide assistance and advice to jobseekers who are long-term unemployed. Providers are paid based on performance and except for the initial registration...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (27 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...carried out for the period 1 January 2021 to date are as follows: - Between November 2021 and January 2022 my Department commissioned a customer survey targeted at customers of Jobseekers and JobPath. This was a telephone survey and the cost of this survey was €72,324. - During 2021 my Department carried out 3 surveys targeted at employers. These were telephone surveys on employer...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The JobPath providers arrange for the delivery of a broad range of education and training courses with a particular and strong focus on upskilling the long term unemployed. Some of these courses are provided in-house while others are provided by specialist training providers including the Education and Training Boards (ETBs). In addition, JobPath participants may also apply for the Back to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Turas Nua is one of two companies contracted to deliver the JobPath employment advisory and assistance service, as part of the State's Public Employment Service. JobPath provides employment assistance and advice to the long-term unemployed to assist them secure full-time paid employment. JobPath is a payments by results model with payments consisting of an initial registration fee and four...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: JobPath is an employment advisory and assistance service that is a payment by results model and all set-up and day-to-day operational costs are borne by the companies.  The companies are paid on the basis of performance and with the exception of the initial registration fee; payments are made only when a client has achieved sustained employment.  The overall cost of JobPath will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: JobPath was contracted to provide employment assistance and advice to jobseekers. Performance is recorded through the outcomes of those who participated in the services and other than a small initial registration fee, the contractors receive payments on the basis of persons gaining and sustaining employment. While it is not a job placement service it has a proven track record of providing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...contracted employment services, payment services, and translation and interpretation services.   1.Externally Contracted Employment Services  The Department contracts external employment services through four programmes: JobPath, Local Employment Services (LES), EmployAbility and Job Clubs.  Externally contracted provision supports the Department with additional...

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...those 480 people who get up every day, go to work every day and do their best to help people across this country. The evidence from the OECD report clearly shows that individuals who were supported by JobPath were more likely to enter employment, remain in employment for longer and have higher earnings from employment. I encourage the Sinn Féin Deputies to speak to their party...

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...particular, the design will address issues such as cash flow and minimum referral volumes, and will include a strong emphasis on social value and linkages. The Sinn Féin motion once again attacks JobPath, a contracted employment service delivered by Seetec and Turas Nua. The two companies involved are community and staff-based enterprises. One is owned by a farmers' co-operative...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Homeless Persons Supports (21 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...be capable of and actively seeking full-time employment.  The person concerned was previously in receipt of JA during the period 28/09/2020 to 23/12/2020 and had been referred to my Department’s JobPath programme in December 2020.  As the person concerned had not completed a 12-month engagement with JobPath, she was automatically referred to JobPath when she...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Driver Licences (20 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: While participants of JobPath do not have access to the Training Support Grant (TSG) provided by the Department, the JobPath companies will on a case by case basis provide similar funding. JobPath providers have their own discretionary funds available to pay for training or other interventions; the decision to approve or reject any request for funding is solely at the discretion of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (29 Sep 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ... Provision of Translation Services (two contracts, Irish and other languages) €580,000.00 To meet my Department’s policy objectives of providing employment support services to jobseekers to assist them into employment, the Department contracts external employment services through four programmes - JobPath, Local Employment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (28 Sep 2021)

Heather Humphreys: In October 2020, I announced an extension of referrals for a further twelve months to the end of 2021 for all contracted service partners including JobPath, the Local Employment Services, Job Clubs and EmployAbility. These measures were taken in order to ensure the Public Employment Service had sufficient capacity to support those impacted by the pandemic with access to employment services...

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

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 124 to 129, inclusive, together. JobPath provides employment assistance and advice to the long-term unemployed on behalf of my Department. JobPath service providers are paid based on performance and, except for the initial registration fee, payments are made only when a client has achieved sustained employment that is verified by the Department and therefore,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (9 Sep 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...for immediate support or advice. As part of the service, this support is provided for 52 weeks from the time the employment commences. The person is not required to attend any meetings with the JobPath provider during this time, and is not under any obligation to provide employment or employer details but, if they wish to do so, and avail of the in-employment support offered, all...