Written answers

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

JobPath Data

Photo of Willie O'DeaWillie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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1674. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons, by age and length of unemployment, who have participated in JobPath in each year since it commenced in 2013, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1925/18]

Photo of Regina DohertyRegina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is an employment service that supports people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment.

The service was rolled out on a phased basis over the period mid-2015 to July 2016. The numbers referred initially were low but this has increased with almost 141,000 Jobseekers having commenced with the service by the end of December 2017.

For the purposes of the JobPath service all long-term unemployed jobseekers on the Live Register are categorised into groups based on their duration of unemployment (e.g. 1- 2 years, 2 – 3 years, 3 years plus etc.).

The duration of a person's Jobseeker's Allowance claim is recorded in terms of days of unemployment. Jobseeker Allowance claims are made up of continuous periods of unemployment. Any two such periods not separated by more than 52 weeks is considered to be the same continuous period of unemployment - this is known as linking the claims. Long-term jobseekers that may have left the live register to go into employment for less than a year are still considered to be long-term if they reopen their claim within that period: as a result, Jobseekers retain certain entitlements (for example, no waiting days and other supplemental benefits) and are available for selection for support through the departments activation services.

The table shows the age and length of unemployment of the circa 141,000 jobseekers who have engaged with the service as of the end of December 2017, of these in excess of 52% were over 3 years unemployed.

Client age at Referral
YearDuration on LR18-2526-3536-4546-5555+Total
1-2 Years on LR2985314363121341711
2-3 Years on LR1303653362941291254
2015> 3 Years on LR20010069589694903623
2015 Total6281902173015757536588
Passing 12 Months on LR4665624453061241903
1-2 Years on LR3112429035152841120114959
2-3 Years on LR15292497216019788899053
> 3 Years on LR277410395101399734524938291
2016Working Part Time on LR (>1 year)21235295271162984
2016 Total7902179791655415130762565190
Passing 12 Months on LR412397290228961423
1-2 Years on LR431544343499257696115785
2-3 Years on LR16831986161312344696985
> 3 Years on LR3254971181877554332132027
2017Working Part Time on LR (>1 year)628346736913475161212873
2017 Total10292199951728015067645969093
Grand Total1882239876355643177214837140871

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