Results 21-40 of 81 for jobpath speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. All decisions regarding a person’s welfare entitlements while on JobPath will be taken only by Departmental officials and not by the JobPath companies. The JobPath companies may neither...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are long-term unemployed and those most distant from the labour market to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. Participants on JobPath retain their social welfare entitlements. JobPath has no impact on the eligibility criteria for jobseeker’s allowance. If a client is in part-time or casual work...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. JobPath is one of the range of activation supports, including schemes such as CE and Tús, catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers. In general, and JobPath is not an exception, it...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. All participants on JobPath have a right to be treated fairly and in a professional manner. As part of the contractual arrangements with the providers they are required to honour a service...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: ...of a sanction to a jobseeker’s payment is governed by the provisions of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, as amended by the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013. JobPath companies cannot make any decisions regarding a person’s welfare entitlements. JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (17 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: While the client was written to on 14 October 2015, inviting her to put her name forward to be interviewed in connection with a TÚS programme, she had previously been selected to take part in Jobpath. JobPath is one of the range of activation supports, including schemes such as CE and TÚS, catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers. In general, and JobPath is not an exception,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Customer Charters (5 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: ...contracted providers that deliver customer facing services on behalf of the Department are An Post, who make payments on behalf of the Department; the Local Employment Service (LES), Job Clubs and the JobPath companies (Seetec and Turas Nua), all of whom who provide employment activation services for jobseekers. An Post has its own customer charter that mirrors the values set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: ...through Intreo to ensure that all young people receive expert advice and have access to progression options. In addition as part of our commitment to engage with 100,000 long-term unemployed people through the Intreo/JobPath process during 2015 we prioritised engagement with the c 13,000 young people who are already long term unemployed. In implementing these processes DSP making...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: I have been advised that a letter was sent to the person concerned on 13October inviting her to attend a JobPath group information session on 20 October. JobPath is a new approach to employment activation aimed primarily at the long-term unemployed (over 12 months). The person concerned received a follow up phone call on 14October to confirm the appointment but she said that was unable to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (30 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new approach to resourcing the provision of employment services to people who are long-term unemployed or at high risk of becoming long-term unemployed. Two providers of employment services have been contracted under JobPath to work with jobseekers and to assist them to secure and sustain full-time paid employment or self-employment. A public procurement process, conducted in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (22 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new approach of employment activation which will cater mainly for people who are long-term unemployed (over 12 months) and will assist them to secure and sustain full-time paid employment or self-employment. The JobPath providers will provide intensive individual support, advice and coaching to jobseekers and will also help participants to address social inclusion barriers and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Priorities (16 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: ...Department of Social Protection are: - To ensure that labour market activation services are provided to jobseekers and other clients using: the Department’s Intreo service; its Pathways to Work strategy; the new JobPath contract; the Youth Guarantee and employer engagement including the Employment and Youth Activation Charter; and other employment schemes and supports. -...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (23 Jun 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is the Government’s new labour market activation service aimed specifically at long-term unemployed jobseekers and those new jobseekers most distant from the labour market, with the primary objective of assisting such persons to secure sustained full-time paid employment. JobPath will be delivered by two companies – Seetec Limited and Turas Nua Limited. JobPath will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 May 2015)

Joan Burton: .... The Deputy mentioned the United Kingdom a couple of times. I think he is aware that in general the Irish and UK models of social welfare have diverged very widely in recent years. The Irish JobPath model was designed following a review of contracting parties internationally, including in the Netherlands, the United States, Germany, Sweden, France, the UK, and, in particular,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 May 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is specifically designed to help those jobseekers who are most distant from the labour market to gain sustained employment. JobPath companies will engage approximately 1,000 staff to provide services for up to 400,000 jobseekers over a four-year period. Following the completion of a public procurement process, two companies were selected to provide JobPath - Turas Nua Limited and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Activation Projects (6 May 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is the Government's new labour market activation service aimed specifically at long-term unemployed jobseekers and those new jobseekers most distant from the labour market, with the primary objective of assisting such persons to secure sustained full-time paid employment. It is not intended that people who are in receipt of a disability related income support payment, e.g. Disability...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Benefits (15 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: ...long-term unemployed that will see at least 8,300 long-term unemployed people being referred to the activation process each month in early 2015. Second, a new employment services model for the long-term unemployed, JobPath, will be rolled out in 2015. It is a payment by results contract model with third party providers of employment services that will provide additional capacity in order...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (5 Mar 2015)

Joan Burton: ...followed by regular one-to-one case officer contact) each month in early 2015. A new payment by results contract model with third party providers of employment services for the long-term unemployed, JobPath, will be rolled out by June 2015. It will provide additional capacity in order to engage more systematically with long-term unemployed jobseekers. Long-term unemployed youth 18-24 can...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (5 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new programme of employment activation intended to support people, who are long-term unemployed (over 12 months) or most at risk of becoming long term unemployed, to secure and sustain full-time paid employment or self-employment. The Department is currently in the process of finalising contracts with the aim of commencing the programme in mid-2015. The Department is working...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Data (5 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: ...long-term unemployed people being referred to the activation process (Group Engagement followed by regular one-to-one case officer contact) each month in early 2015. Second, a new employment services model, JobPath, will be rolled out in 2015. It is a payment by results contract model with third party providers of employment services specifically targeted at long-term unemployed...