Gateway is a work placement initiative which aims to improve the employability and maintain the work readiness of those who have been unemployed for 24 months or more. Participants are selected by a random process conducted by the Department from those persons in receipt of a jobseekers allowance payment for 24 months or more.
Responsibility for delivery of Gateway rests with the individual county and/or city councils. I understand that Mayo County Council have agreed to re-arrange an interview with the individual concerned and the Council will contact him in this regard in due course.