Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 18 September 2014 when it is expected the process of procurement of third party providers of employment services for the JobPath programme will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36254/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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JobPath is the Government’s new labour market activation service aimed specifically at the long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed. JobPath will be delivered by third party providers of employment services under contract to the Department. JobPath will augment and complement the Department’s existing employment service capacity as well as that of the Local Employment Service (LES) and Job Clubs, which already operate under contract to the Department, thereby increasing capacity to provide supports to assist jobseekers in obtaining employment.

The Department expects to be in a position to notify tenderers of the outcome of the evaluation process shortly.