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Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (17 Jan 2018)

James Lawless: ...to their communities. There are two groups of people affected by the difficulty in sourcing people for community employment schemes, the difficulty getting onto Tús schemes and the impact that JobPath, Turas Nua and Seetec are having on that. We have two groups of people who are losing out. We have the individuals themselves who in many cases are denied the opportunity for...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (17 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...on them. The problem is my Department was not established, and CE and Tús were not established, to provide social inclusion services. It is an employment activation measure. It is no different from JobPath, which is not commercial; it is an employment activation measure. The sole purpose in statute for the organisations that are hosting CE and Tús schemes is to give...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (17 Jan 2018)

James Lawless: ...things moved from one Department to another. Perhaps we could recategorise at least part of the scheme to help with that. An assessment should be done upfront when somebody is referred to JobPath rather than a person spending 12 months going through a programme which may not be suitable for them. It may be eminently suitable for many individuals but there are some who may not be a good...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (17 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: The JobPath people, Turas Nua and Seetec, do not select their candidates. We pick the candidates and we only pick people who are suitable for JobPath. It is not the case that people sit down in an Intreo office and say they want to do the CE scheme but we say they cannot and that we are sending them to JobPath. We only send people to JobPath who are jobs ready and need help on a one-to-one...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (17 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: My Department provides a range of activation supports and programmes catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market. These supports include the JobPath service and programmes such as community employment, CE, and Tús. Schemes such as CE and Tús provide part-time temporary work in local communities, as a stepping-stone back to...