Results 61-80 of 391 for jobpath speaker:Regina Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tús Programme (28 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...annual approval by the Department. The places allocated for these participants within each individual CE scheme are subject to limitation criteria. Customers of my Department who are engaged with the JobPath service have, from 1st June 2018, the option of taking up a placement on Tús or CE while continuing to engage with the JobPath service. This ensures that jobseekers can...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (28 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: The JobPath employment service commenced in 2015 and, under the terms of the contracts signed with the providers will run for at least six years. This includes a period of at least four years of client referrals to the end of 2019, and a run off period of at least two years. The contract includes an option to extend the term of referrals for a period of up to two years beyond the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (15 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: JobPath employment service providers 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, including self-employment, and ceases to be entitled to claim a jobseekers related payment. Once a client ceases to claim a jobseekers’ related payment they are no longer required...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...commencement of mandatory activation measures, but those who have been selected for any activation programme and reach 62 years of age whilst with the service are expected to complete it. Clients for JobPath are chosen by means of a random selection process which excludes those over 62 years of age as well as those who have already engaged with the programme more than 2 months ago. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (8 May 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...and training programmes or in existing community-based employment programmes/workplace based interventions such as Community Employment and Tús; or in subsidies to employers, through JobsPlus Youth. Long-term unemployed jobseekers under-25 are also referred to JobPath, a contracted, payment-by-results employment service that provides additional resources and supports to those...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (18 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. The JobPath providers are required to offer in-work support to the person for up to twelve months while they remain in employment.  This includes scheduled contact with the person as well as ad-hoc contact should...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (11 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...a range of activation supports catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. These supports include the JobPath service.  My Department selects clients for the JobPath service by means of a random selection process. Protocols for selection currently preclude the selection of anyone who...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Job Initiatives (11 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...also required to engage with the Department’s activation services. The Social Welfare (Consolidated) Act 2005, as amended, specifies that participation in activation meetings is mandatory.  JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed, including those working part time and those at risk of becoming long-term unemployed, to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Live Register Data (9 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...strong and this offers an important mechanism for jobseekers to gain new skills while gaining valuable work experience assisting them in transitioning into full time employment.  Our activation programme is also enhanced by the contracted services provided by JobPath contractors (Turas Nua) and the Local Employment Service (LES) and Employability in County Kildare. While it is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (9 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...subject jobseekers aged 62 and over to mandatory activation measures.  As such, jobseekers already over the age of 62 are exempt from selection for referral to labour market activation programmes, including JobPath. However, where a jobseeker reaches 62 years of age while participating on an activation programme, they are expected to complete it. The Government believes...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Employment Service (4 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: .... Last Thursday, I met representatives from the Irish Local Development Network, ILDN, jobs clubs and CV clubs, which are in all counties and provide invaluable services that Intreo offices and JobPath cannot provide. No two jobseekers have the same barriers to employment so the services the State offers need to recognise that and complement each other. The services that might be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Employment Service (4 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: I am talking about the Deputy's comparison of local employment schemes with jobs clubs, Intreo and JobPath. We have a range of services because we have a range of people with different barriers to getting employment. It is for this reason that we have back to education allowances, job incentive schemes, training opportunities, employment opportunities, youth employment support schemes,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Employment Service (4 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...We use a number of contracted models to procure public employment services to supplement the service provided directly by case officers as part of Intreo. Local employment services, job clubs and JobPath providers all provide such services under different types of contracts. LES and job clubs are on annual contracts that need to be formally renewed every year. They provide for a paid...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (4 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...value for money. While my Department will continue to consider appropriate payment models for the future procurement of contracted public services, I would like to remind the Deputy that, contrary to the assertion in his question, JobPath has been a good example of how a payment by results model can work effectively.  Ireland had the benefit of learning from the experiences...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (4 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The JobPath employment service commenced in 2015 and under the terms of the contracts signed with the providers will run for a total of at least six years.  This is comprised of two phases; phase one entails four years of client referrals to the end of 2019, while phase two entails a ‘run off’ period during which employment support will be continued but...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (4 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The primary purpose of JobPath is to provide a case management based, employment advice and counseling service to long term unemployed jobseekers.  This is the group of jobseekers that faces the most significant barriers to entering full-time employment. Between July 2015 and March 2019, some 216,546 jobseekers had commenced their engagement period with the JobPath...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (4 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The JobPath service helps and supports people to identify and pursue suitable job opportunities themselves while their personal adviser will provide any appropriate support that the person may require.  This ranges from preparing their CV and assisting with the job application to financial assistance for clothing or transport costs at interview stage or in the first days of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (4 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...to create more jobs and reduce unemployment. Activation policy continues to focus on support measures for the long-term unemployed.  The Pathways to Work 2016-2020 strategy prioritises long-term unemployed people, most notably through the roll-out of JobPath to engage more systematically with this group; targeted wage subsidies under JobsPlus; and through reserved places for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Cessation (4 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...award that is helping them progress towards employment.  All CE participants age 55 and over can avail of 3 consecutive years on a CE scheme.  Since 1st June 2018, I am also facilitating persons to take up a placement on CE while also attending their JobPath provider.  The overall limit of participation on CE is 6 years from 1st January 2007 (7 years if on a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...to attribute this performance in a quantitative way to specific actions and measures, there is some evidence the committee should consider. Econometric studies of JobBridge, the back to work education allowance and JobPath, together with a value for money review of JobsPlus, all indicate a positive impact on employment outcomes for participants compared to non-participants. The recently...