Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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1075. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of jobseekers in County Kerry who have been referred to JobPath and Turas Nua in each of the years since its establishment; the number who progressed to employment in each year; the number who were referred back to Intreo each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28898/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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JobPath has provided the long-term unemployed an employment advisory service since 2015.  This service seeks to support the long-term unemployed in assisting them to obtain and sustain paid full-time employment.

Between July 2015 and the end of April 2022, some 11,511 jobseekers in County Kerry have engaged with the JobPath service.

In Kerry as of the end of April 2022, 3,379 jobseekers had commenced employment during their engagement period with JobPath.  Of this number, 3,122 had commenced full-time employment and 257 had commenced part-time employment.  Of these, 948 have sustained full time employment for a period of 52 weeks or more.  Full-time employment and self-employment is defined as employment of at least thirty hours work per week.  This data, by year, for Kerry is presented in Table 1 below.

It should be noted that many clients who are currently engaged with JobPath are still in the first phase of the service.  They have not yet had sufficient time with the service to have gained employment nor sustain that employment for up to 52 weeks.  This measure of performance will improve as more clients complete their engagement with the service and have a chance to reach 52 weeks in employment.

Table 1. JobPath Engagements and Sustainment (Kerry)