Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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910. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to Turas Nua in each county in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1107/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Turas Nua is one of two companies contracted to deliver the JobPath employment advisory and assistance service, as part of the State's Public Employment Service.

JobPath provides employment assistance and advice to the long-term unemployed to assist them secure full-time paid employment. JobPath is a payments by results model with payments consisting of an initial registration fee and four job sustainment fees at 13, 26, 39 and 52 weeks if the customer gains and sustains employment for those durations. Consequently, there can be a significant time period between the initial referral and the full potential cost of each job sustainment being realised. For those referred in 2021 for a 52 week engagement the full costs may not be incurred until end 2023 or longer if the person avails of a 6 month pause in their engagement for training and education purposes.

The Information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below.

Turas Nua , Client Engagements by County 2021( March* - End November ) 

*Due to public health restrictions , referrals to JobPath were suspended for the first two months of 2021.

**'County' refers to the location of DSP office , not client home address.