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Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...does not go far enough but I have not come across anyone who is actively opposed to the measure I am putting in place, which is to widen the pool of people available for community employment. JobPath is a service to which people are referred for a year. There are many who could qualify for community employment or Tús schemes before JobPath but, for whatever reason, they choose...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

John Brady: ...employment but the problem is that when Seetec and Turas Nua get their claws into the applicant, he or she is locked into a contract for a full year. I have come across numerous examples of where JobPath, Turas Nua and Seetec got their claws into people who were waiting for a short period for community employment application forms to go through and locked them into a contract. The...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

Eoin Ó Broin: 31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulty of filling community employment scheme places due to his Department's prioritisation of JobPath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25900/17]

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: 79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to amend the JobPath rules to allow for referral of eligible persons to community employment schemes; his further plans to reduce the barriers limiting the number of eligible persons applying for community employment schemes; and the criteria used to determine if a person is eligible at 21 years of age or if the case officer has complete...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

John Brady: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which community employment scheme places are to be filled if he continues prioritising JobPath over community employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25896/17]

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

John Brady: The focus on JobPath as opposed to all other job activation schemes is something I have raised with the Minister consistently in the last year. If the focus on JobPath continues, how does he realistically expect to fill the many vacant community employment scheme places in the State?

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...Deputies will be aware, my Department provides a range of activation supports catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market. These supports include the JobPath service and the community employment programme. The JobPath service aims to place people in full-time sustainable employment. The period of engagement with the service for any...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

John Brady: At this stage, over 97,000 people have been transferred to JobPath and the private companies Turas Nua and Seetec. Community employment schemes across the State are in serious trouble not just because of the creation of JobPath but also because the lack of funding has thrown open a series of other challenges for community employment schemes. It is not just the low unemployment rates that...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: Nearly 100,000 people have been referred to JobPath, but the Deputy did not mention that 25,000 of them are now in full-time employment, which is to be celebrated. They are older people, or even younger people, who have acquired a new skill and are now as a result in full-time employment. They include lone parents who have overcome many barriers to employment. There are also people who...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: .... 3 o’clock That is what is taking place. It is said there is a lack of value of contribution by the participants. The Minister is shifting them on to the next programme. The likes of JobPath and Seetec are an absolute disaster. A letter from them means an applicant is no longer eligible for community employment. Will this continue now that Intreo case workers are assessing...