Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter regarding lollipop persons signing up with the JobPath scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17556/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides a range of activation supports catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. These supports include the JobPath service.

Certain groups of people are excluded from referral to JobPath, one such group being Education Sector Workers.

As a lollipop person the customer in question is an Education Sector Worker, however, due to a clerical error they were referred for activation support to JobPath but the person in question has been withdrawn with immediate effect. My officials have advised that their claim is now correctly categorised which will ensure that they is not selected again for referral to JobPath during periods of unemployment.

I trust this clarifies matters for the Deputy.