Results 161-180 of 391 for jobpath speaker:Regina Doherty

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Data (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: We have conducted an econometric review of the JobPath service in collaboration with the OECD so I can have factual data allowing me to have these kinds of conversations. Every time we have oral questions, Deputy Brady brings anecdotal evidence as to how desperately people are treated on JobPath, yet it is undoubtedly one of the most successful activation programmes we have had in the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Data (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...are supporting are getting full-time jobs. I am thankful that the number unemployed is coming down. With some 198,000 people on the live register, we are far from running out of people to send to JobPath.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: .... All CE participants age 55 and over can avail of 3 consecutive years on a CE scheme. Since 1st June, I am also facilitating persons to take up a placement on CE or Tús while also attending their JobPath provider. The annual budget provided to CE schemes includes an amount to cover consumable services and materials, including insurance, necessary for the effective operation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: 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. Jobseekers retain their jobseeker's payment and remain on the Live Register while engaged with JobPath unless they are placed in employment. Jobseekers may be supported through the service for up to 30...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: Bringing the long-term unemployed back into the workforce is a key priority for me, and I welcome the on-going reduction in the Live Register. As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is a service which supports people who are long-term unemployed to secure and sustain full time paid employment. Two companies, Seetec and Turas Nua, have been contracted by my Department to deliver the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: 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. Jobseekers may be supported through the service for up to 30 months: under the service jobseekers have access to a personal adviser (PA) who works with them potentially over two phases. During...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...employment. All CE participants age 55 and over can avail of 3 consecutive years on a CE scheme. Since 1st June, I am also facilitating persons to take up a placement on CE or Tús while also attending their JobPath provider. Participants over age 62 are allowed to participate on a continuous basis up to the State Pension age on the CE Service Support Stream (SSS), subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (13 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department is currently undertaking an econometric review of the JobPath activation service and JobsPlus (which incorporates JobsPlus youth). Preliminary data gathering commenced for JobsPlus in December 2017 and for JobPath in March this year. Completion of these reviews is provisionally scheduled for the end of 2018. The findings of the reviews will be released as they become available.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The primary goal of my Department’s activation services, including the JobPath service, is to move people from full-time and part-time unemployment to full-time and sustained employment. From 1st June this year all long term jobseekers who are currently engaged with the JobPath service and those who may be referred in future, have the option of applying for Community Employment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware, customers of my Department who are engaged with the JobPath service have, from 1st June 2018, the option of taking up a placement on CE and Tús while continuing to engage with the JobPath service. This change ensures that jobseekers can benefit from the job-seeking support of the JobPath service while also availing of a part-time work placement provided by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: In this case my Department was notified that the person concerned was not engaging with the JobPath service. Regretfully, the person concerned did not initially respond to requests to attend the Navan Road Intreo Centre and this led to the suspension of his Jobseekers payment on the 18/10/18. However, on the 26/10/18, following a discussion with the person concerned, Intreo Centre staff...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: The primary goal of my Department’s activation services, including the JobPath service, is to move people from unemployment to full-time and sustainable employment. The JobPath contracts provide that a person should not have to travel more than 60 minutes in normal circumstances to attend an appointment. Where a person has transport difficulties, the JobPath provider will assist...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Reviews (6 Nov 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...education or training programmes. Others are in existing community-based employment programmes/workplace based interventions such as CE and Tús. Long-term unemployed jobseekers under-25 are also referred to JobPath, a contracted, payment-by-results employment services that provides additional resources and supports to the long-term unemployed. The Action Plan for Jobs sets out...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes Data (25 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...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.  JobPath is an employment service, which helps long-term unemployed people to secure and sustain paid employment. The service was launched in 2015 on a ‘rolling...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Local Employment Service (23 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...the individual jobseeker’s personal circumstances.  These PPPs take into account the ability to access to local employment types.  Seasonal workers are normally dealt with through our Intreo or JobPath strategies, where case officers will routinely take into account the length of the season for the particular employment type when considering...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (23 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: JobPath is an employment service, which helps long-term unemployed people to secure and sustain paid employment. 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 for, securing and sustaining employment.  The second phase starts if the jobseeker is successful in finding...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (23 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...provided by my Department is to support jobseekers to make the transition into employment. All jobseekers referred to the Department's activation 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 (PPP). The PPP typically...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes Data (16 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...(LES) forms part of the State’s public employment service. The public employment service is managed by my Department and delivered through the Intreo service as well as by contractors, such as JobPath, the Local Employment Service and Job Club providers. The LES engages primarily with long-term unemployed jobseekers, but may also engage with short-term unemployed jobseekers where...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (16 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: JobPath is an employment service, which helps long-term unemployed people to secure and sustain paid employment. To date in 2018, just over 43,000 jobseekers have commenced their engagement period with the JobPath service. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (10 Oct 2018)

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is a service that supports people who are long-term unemployed to secure and sustain full time paid employment in the open labour market. Two companies, Seetec and Turas Nua, have been contracted by my Department to deliver the service. The contracts are for six years, comprising two consecutive phases: phase one entails four years’ of client...