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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy knows, JobPath is being wound down. No new referrals are being made but existing participants are being allowed to finish their engagements, which is fair enough. With regard to a review, we already did a comprehensive review in conjunction with the OECD back in 2019. As the Deputy well knows, we have been through the findings many times before. In short, the OECD found that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: ...three or four times in respect of the same person. Over €300 million of taxpayers' money was paid to private companies. We had great difficulty in getting information about the many fees involved in JobPath. We ended up getting it through the Committee of Public Accounts a number of years ago. I do not believe that review of 2019 is sufficient when we are talking about these...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: As I said, we have been through this on a number of occasions. The Deputy has one view and I have a set of figures. JobPath is a mechanism through which support is provided to long-term unemployed jobseekers through access to employment assistance and advice for a period of 12 months. It follows a payment-by-results model and is associated with day-to-day operational costs. The risks were...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will carry out a review of the JobPath scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15344/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: Does the Minister intend to carry out a review of the JobPath scheme now that referrals to that scheme have ceased? Given the amount of taxpayers’ money that has been spent on JobPath, it is very important that the scheme be reviewed now that referrals have ceased or else to have a guarantee that such a review will take place once it is fully finished.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, referrals to the JobPath service have now ceased and the service is in a run-off phase, with only clients referred up to June 2022 remaining engaged with the service. Research into JobPath, including by the OECD, indicates that the programme led to positive employment and earnings outcomes across a variety of hard-to-reach groups. As part of a restructuring...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (28 Mar 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for the reply. The JobPath scheme has cost over €322 million of taxpayers’ money. Any time I hear a Government representative speaking about JobPath, they speak of it as a success. However, I cannot understand how 350,488 people were referred to JobPath, some twice, some three times and a very few a fourth time, and then that was stopped. Some 29,041...