Written answers

Tuesday, 21 June 2016

Department of Social Protection

Community Employment Schemes Places

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) who has been offered a job on a community employment scheme is unable to accept it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17174/16]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned participated in a TÚS Scheme following which he was selected for referral to the JobPath service and he completed the initial engagement process with JobPath. He also applied to participate in a Community Employment (CE) scheme.

While TÚS and CE schemes are intended to help long-term unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce, by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to work routine for a limited duration, they are not full-time sustainable jobs.

Participation on a CE scheme immediately on completion of a TÚS scheme is subject to review and approval of a Department case officer. In such cases, the case officer must be satisfied that participation on the CE scheme will improve the client’s employment prospects. In making this assessment, the case officer takes account of other options, including JobPath, available to support the client progress into employment.

I have asked my officials to review the case in question so as to ensure that the person concerned is provided with the most appropriate opportunity of securing full-time sustainable employment.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

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