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Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...fewer people on the live register than the same time last year and 84,000 fewer people than this time two years ago. The live register peaked at 470,000 in mid-2011 and is now around 230,000, which is a reduction of more than 50%. The CSO will have new figures on Friday. JobPath is one of the initiatives introduced by the Department which seeks to improve the employment outcomes for the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...26 years of age, if that is what they want. I make no apologies for not wanting people younger than 26 years to be on the dole. I want them to be working, which is why we are aggressively working via JobPath with young people who have spent more than 12 months on the live register. We are finding them jobs.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: ...a report on the effectiveness of the local employment services and jobs clubs, etc. Is the effectiveness of Intreo in upskilling people and finding placements for them being reviewed? I understand the JobPath programme is being reviewed. The Minister can correct me if I am wrong in that regard. The number who claim disability allowance has jumped by 6,270, a considerable increase....

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...'s allowance to the full rate for all recipients under 26 years of age would be €90 million in a single year. The Deputy asked about a review. I read in the newspapers that a review of JobPath was under way, but I do not know from where that information came. Through the Intreo and JobPath offices, we work with our two contractors, Seetec and Turas Nua, very closely on a daily...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Brady: ...stated that the drop in spending under the community employment and Tús schemes was due to a "decline in the number of participants arising from the improved labour market." Why have referrals to the JobPath scheme soared, while community employment schemes are struggling to fill places? Is the Minister aware of the difficulty Tús and community employment programmes are...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...to CE schemes. It is an entirely voluntary scheme. The jobs are advertised and people on the live register apply for those jobs. That has not changed. We are sending people with huge ambition to JobPath in their tens of thousands because we want those people - particularly the people who are long-term unemployed - in the workforce, because that is what they want. I make no apologies...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Brady: The Minister has not answered the question. Referrals over the JobPath are soaring. How many vacancies are on those schemes, either the CE, the local employment service, LES, or Tús?