John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedures in place in circumstances in which a person that is engaged with a JobPath provider moves to another county before completing their time on the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49369/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware the primary goal of my Department’s activation services, including the JobPath service, is to move people from full-time and part-time unemployment to full-time and sustained employment.

Two companies, Turas Nua and Seetec, have been contracted by my Department to deliver JobPath services. All jobseekers are referred to a JobPath service location which is linked geographically to the office at which they are claiming a jobseeker’s payment.

If a jobseeker currently engaged with JobPath moves to another location which falls under the remit of their current JobPath provider, the company will handle the transfer internally. All subsequent appointments will be scheduled to an office in the customer’s new location. 

If however the customer moves to an area which is outside the remit of their current service provider, the original JobPath referral is cancelled and the customer is referred to a provider in their new location.

In a handful of cases due to a specific reason, which are considered on a case by case basis, people have been facilitated to move to a different office within the same area. 

I wish to assure the Deputy that the client will not be at a loss of service.