John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referrals made to JobPath in each of the years 2015 to 2017. [14290/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is a service that supports people who are long-term unemployed to obtain and sustain paid employment. The service was launched in 2015 on a ‘rolling basis’ with referral numbers gradually increasing over time.

As of the end of February 2018, just over 151,000 people had commenced their engagement period with the service. This figure is broken down by year in the following table.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.