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- Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)
Leo Varadkar: ...a situation where people change from one scheme to another. The Deputy can understand all sorts of reasons why that is impractical, whether it is from Tús to community employment, CE, or CE to JobPath, or whatever else. It is not necessarily good at getting outcomes for the person involved, or good for trying to administer those programmes. We are now allowing people to do exactly...
- Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)
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- Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)
Niamh Smyth: 35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria required for a person to transfer from JobPath to community employment and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25974/17]
- Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)
Thomas Pringle: 40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons on JobPath are currently unable to be referred to community employment schemes, his plans to change this policy and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25967/17]
- Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)
Niamh Smyth: I wish to ask the Minister about the criteria required for a person to transfer from JobPath to community employment.
- Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 35 and 40 together. The aim of the JobPath service, which is provided for jobseekers only, is to assist them in finding sustainable full-time paid employment. Community employment schemes are different. They provide part-time work experience and training opportunities in local communities as a stepping stone back to employment for people on a range of...
- Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)
Niamh Smyth: ...to come in here to answer questions and wish him good luck over the coming days in his endeavours to become Taoiseach. I appreciate what he is saying. He talked about how when somebody starts on JobPath, there is that opportunity for them to move to community employment. I will give an example of the type of problem that I face, or, more importantly, that my constituents face. As we...