Results 101-120 of 391 for jobpath speaker:Regina Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (5 Mar 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 and protocols for selection currently preclude the selection of anyone who has...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (27 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The primary purpose of the activation services provided by my Department, including the JobPath service, is to assist and support jobseekers to look for and sustain full time employment. My Department refers long-term jobseeking customers to the JobPath service to receive one-to-one intensive and regular engagement with a personal adviser who will assess their skills, experience,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...Officer makes a decision by examining all the facts and circumstances of each case. Only then is a penalty rate applied if appropriate and in line with the legislation. In all cases where a JobPath customer has been penalty rated, full payment is restored immediately upon re-engagement with JobPath. Contracted providers cannot and do not apply penalty rates. There has been no change in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (26 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The JobPath contract does contain provisions for early termination, notwithstanding any dispute which may arise and which is covered elsewhere in the contract. Written notice must be served on the contractor 6 months in advance of a termination. The amount of compensation to be paid to the service providers is stipulated in the contract, however the amount of compensation, having been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (21 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Government's position on the recent motion debated in the House on the JobPath service was clearly set out in my contribution at the time. I note the views of the House on the matter, however, the position of the Government remains unchanged. My Department has entered into legally binding agreements with the JobPath providers and the Government will honour these contractual commitments....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...the ongoing issues with Working Links and we will continue to work with Turas Nua to provide the service which it has supplied to us for the last number of years. I am repeating myself. Without JobPath, we would not have 5.3% unemployment, having dropped from 15.7% unemployment. Deputy Brady and I will never agree on that and that is fine. I respect his views, as I respect the views of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Government's position on the recent motion debated in the House on the JobPath service was clearly set out in my contribution at the time. While I noted the views of the House on the matter, the position of the Government remains unchanged. I reiterate that the JobPath service shows a performance well above target levels.  Customer feedback shows high levels of satisfaction...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Private Members' motions are not legally binding instructions to the Government but the set of contracts in place with Turas Nua and Seetec through JobPath are. If there were to be any changes to the existing contracts, it would cost the State millions of euros. As I previously stated in the House, the termination of the contracts or even a stepping-away from the contracts would...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: First, the reason we needed to employ private contractors is that there were more than 450,000 people unemployed in 2008, in case the Deputy has forgotten. Seetec, Turas Nua and JobPath have nothing to do with CE and will not have anything to do with it in the future.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Government's position on the recent motion debated in the House on the JobPath service was clearly set out in my contribution and that of others at the time. I note the views of the House on the matter. However, the position of the Government remains unchanged. My Department has entered into legally binding agreements with the JobPath providers and the Government will honour these...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...with regard to activation in this country. I do not believe the Deputy and I are ever going to agree on this and so we will have to agree to disagree. For some reason, he has a problem with the JobPath programme.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...'s unemployed get a tailor-made service. We will do that with our ILDN partners. A review of my community employment schemes is taking place, and we will do that for the rural social scheme, RSS, JobPath, Turas Nua and Seetec when the econometric review comes out.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Live Register Data (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...employment. Case officers are also engaging with employers across County Carlow to help locate job opportunities for jobseekers.  This case officer capacity is supplemented by Turas Nua case officers provided under the JobPath service targeted at long-term unemployed customers. There have been over 1,800 referrals to Turas Nua since January 2018. The policies being...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Government's position on the recent motion debated in the House on the JobPath service was clearly set out in my contribution at the time.  I note the views of the House on the matter, however, the position of the Government remains unchanged.  My Department has entered into legally binding agreements with the JobPath providers and the Government will honour these...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...jobseeker’s payment on grounds of availability. However, all retained firefighters in receipt of a Jobseeker’s payment must engage with my Department’s activation processes, including those delivered through JobPath. Customers referred to activation services who are retained fire-fighters will have all activities including meetings with their personal advisor...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (19 Feb 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, Tús and Community Employment (CE).  The Tús initiative is a community work placement scheme providing short-term working opportunities for unemployed people....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...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 Community Employment (CE), Tús, JobPath and Local Employment Schemes (LES).  The aim of CE is to enhance the employability and mobility of disadvantaged and unemployed persons by providing work experience and training...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (12 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: JobPath is a service that supports people who are long-term unemployed to obtain and sustain paid employment. The service was launched in 2015 on a ‘rolling basis’ with referral numbers gradually increasing over time. There are two phases to the service. During the first phase, of 12 months duration, a personal advisor (PA) provides practical assistance in searching, preparing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (6 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Jobseekers engaged with the JobPath service receive intensive individual support to help overcome 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 (PPP) that includes a schedule of activities, including relevant training and educational programmes to...

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ..., we must have this service in place for the people who need it. Unfortunately, there are still many thousands of people who are long-term unemployed and need the service that is delivered by JobPath and other providers. The contracts will operate as agreed. Looking to the future for activation services, my Department is examining all of its options for contracted activation...