Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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339. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will publish the review into contracted employment services. [34095/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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In December 2019, my Department began engagement with external consultants in a review of all public employment services (PES), including contracted employment services delivered through EmployAbility, Job Clubs, JobPath and the Local Employment Services.

A joint bid by the Institute for Employment Studies and Social Finance was successful. These entities, reviewed the existing contracted PES, engaging extensively with current employment service providers and other stakeholders in the process.

My Department received the report from the Institute for Employment Studies last year. The review makes a significant contribution to the ongoing process of procuring contracted employment service capacity to supplement the existing capacity of my Department's Intreo offices.

As the design of the different Requests for Tender for the procurement of employment services later this year is still being considered and the views of the IES are informing this design process, no decision on a date of publication has been made for the IES/Social Finance review.