Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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962. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated to return to employment through JobsPlus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14154/21]

Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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966. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be included in the JobsPlus programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14222/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 962 and 966 together.

My Department administers the JobsPlus incentive which is designed to encourage employers and businesses to focus their recruitment efforts on those who have been out of work for long periods or on young people seeking employment.

The conditions under which the JobsPlus scheme operate are designed to ensure that they address the objective of supporting longer term social welfare customers to access employment. Employers receive a monthly incentivized payment over a 2-year period. There are two levels of payment, €7,500 and €10,000 respectively.  An individual wishing to receive the support of the JobsPlus scheme will have to satisfy a number of conditions such as being a certain age and in receipt of a prescribed social welfare payment for a specified time period.

The Deputy will appreciate I cannot comment on individual cases. But I can confirm that all applicants' eligibility are assessed under the two levels of grants available, to determine whether an individual applicant satisfies the criteria, mentioned above.  Only those who satisfy these criteria can access the Jobsplus scheme.

I trust this clarifies matters.