John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 11 December 2018, the number of persons to date who have gained employment through the JobPath service; the number who have returned to claim social welfare payments having previously taken up employment through the JobPath scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53371/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides a range of activation supports to enable persons in receipt of a jobseeker's payment, to move to full-time employment with a sustainable income. These supports include the JobPath Service, which was launched in July 2015.

JobPath provides an intensive personal service which focuses on the skills and experience of each person.

To date, just over 195,000 clients have commenced their engagement period with the service. Some 43,851 clients have commenced employment, either on a full-time or part-time basis.

My Department does not collate data in regard to individual clients returning to claim social welfare payments having previously secured employment while engaged with the JobPath service. The specific data requested is therefore not currently available. However the Deputy will note the successful outcomes for many Jobseekers who have engaged with the service through gaining sustained employment. As the Deputy is aware the programme is 52 weeks and it can take time to for outcomes to filter through. For customers referred up to June 2017 the job starts and sustainments as at Sept 2018 are set out in the table.

Outcomes for referrals up to June 2017 (as of September 2018) %