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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (18 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: ...further details on that. What concerns me about the Minister's reply is the move to a multi-annual funding approach that pays for each jobseeker referred to the service, which is in essence JobPath. JobPath has failed, is not a quality service and has not served the jobseeker nor the taxpayer well. JobPath has cost the taxpayer €259 million and counting since 2015 whereas the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (18 May 2021)

Claire Kerrane: ...wider remit, in that they do not just deal with jobseekers referred to them. They have walk-in and wrap-around services, which will be vital as we emerge from Covid-19, that other services like JobPath do not have. I wish to ask about the external report on contracted services that was carried out last year. It went to the labour market advisory council, whose response the Minister...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (18 May 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...people will not get their jobs back when the economy reopens fully. We want to help them find other jobs. A number of approaches to this work are being taken, including local employment services, JobPath and Intreo. Above all, we do not want to reduce any of those services. With this request for tender, which I hope to publish very shortly, I aim to expand services in areas where we do...