Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of her plans to extend JobPath beyond the end of 2020; if contracts with providers Turas Nua and Seetec will be extended beyond 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25103/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Any provision for contracted Public Employment Services in 2021 will be in the context of managing and responding to the labour market impacts of Covid-19. My Department will work to ensure there is sufficient capacity within the Public Employment Service to provide a high-quality service to help individuals back into employment.

In July, the Government announced that we would be investing an additional €43 million into the Public Employment Service to enhance this capacity. My Department is considering how to ensure that we have sufficient capacity in the Public Employment Service to ensure that we are in a position to provide the necessary supports and services to individuals who have lost employment arising from the labour market impacts of the pandemic.