Written answers
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Employment Schemes
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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1094. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of JobPath participants who have gained sustained employment for 13 weeks; 26 weeks; 39 weeks; and 52 weeks respectively by year since 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29340/22]
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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1104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants who have been referred to JobPath since 2015 by year in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29544/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1094 and 1104 together.
JobPath provides a case management based employment advice and counselling service to long term unemployed jobseekers.
The numbers of jobseekers that have each year engaged with JobPath and of those have sustained employment for 13, 26, 39 and 52 weeks can be seen presented below in Table 1.
It should be noted that many clients 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. The 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
| JobPath 2015-2022 (End April 2022) | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of client engagements | 6,588 | 65,452 | 74,860 | 60,822 | 50,412 | 33,296 | 38,157 | 10,735 | 340,322 |
| Total No Clients to Start a Job | 1,659 | 14,421 | 21,631 | 14,897 | 10,232 | 7,052 | 9,326 | 1,162 | 80,380 |
| Total No Clients to Start a FT Job | 1,368 | 12,020 | 19,544 | 13,963 | 9,623 | 6,687 | 8,855 | 1,118 | 73,178 |
| Total No Clients to Start a PT Job | 291 | 2,401 | 2,087 | 934 | 609 | 365 | 471 | 44 | 7,202 |
| No. of clients who sustained FT Job for 13 weeks | 986 | 8,684 | 14,606 | 10,447 | 6,615 | 4,943 | 5,210 | 56 | 51,547 |
| No. of clients who sustained FT Job for 26 weeks | 827 | 7,203 | 12,214 | 8,615 | 5,090 | 3,883 | 2,982 | N/A | 40,814 |
| No. of clients who sustained FT Job for 39 weeks | 720 | 6,204 | 10,355 | 7,224 | 4,119 | 2,919 | 1,110 | N/A | 32,651 |
| No. of clients who sustained FT Job for 52 weeks | 644 | 5,477 | 9,061 | 6,189 | 3,451 | 1,939 | 163 | N/A | 26,924 |
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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1095. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total cost of JobPath since 2015 to date and the cost by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29341/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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JobPath is a payment by results model and all set-up and day-to-day operational costs are borne by the companies. The companies are paid on the basis of performance and with the exception of the initial registration fee; the majority of payments are made only when a client has achieved sustained employment.
The overall cost of JobPath will be determined by the number of people who participate in the programme and the number who get sustainable jobs.
The roll out of JobPath began in 2015 and the yearly expenditure is as follows:
2015 - €1.2m;
2016 - €25.2m;
2017 - €57.4m;
2018 - €71.7m
2019 - €58.6m
2020 - €36.2m
2021 - €33.9m
2022 - €18.2m (to date)
Total - €302.4m
Please note this is gross expenditure and does not take into account the savings made in welfare payments for those who secured sustained employment.
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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1096. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when JobPath referrals are due to end given that the scheme was due to end in December 2021 and was extended by six months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29342/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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New referrals to the JobPath employment advisory service will end on the 30th of June 2022. Individuals who have been referred to JobPath will finishes their engagement period with the service.
In December 2021, in light of the continuing adverse impacts of Covid-19 and on foot of extending the period of consultation with the relevant stakeholders in connection with the procurement processes currently underway, it was agreed to extend all contracted employment services for the long term unemployed - the Local Employment Services, the Job Clubs and JobPath - for a further twenty six weeks until the end of June 2022.
This measure was taken in order to ensure that the public employment service has sufficient capacity to support those impacted by the pandemic with access to employment services. LES and Job Club contractors have been offered a further extension to end August 2022.
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