Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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1076. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be referred from Turas Nua to her Department to allow them to access a training support grant for further training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20799/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Participants of JobPath do not have access to the Training Support Grant (TSG) provided by the Department.  However, the JobPath companies will on a case by case basis provide similar funding.

JobPath providers have their own discretionary funds available to pay for training or other interventions; the decision to approve or reject any request for funding is solely at the discretion of the JobPath provider.  Turas Nua had agreed to contribute a proportion of the cost of this training from their discretionary training fund.

I can confirm that the person concerned has been engaged with JobPath since 14/07/2021 and is due to complete the programme in 12 weeks.  If the customer remains on a jobseeker’s payment at that time, he will be referred back to Intreo services and may apply and be assessed for the Training Support Grant at this point.