Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 June 2018
252. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if JobPath providers (details supplied) receive job sustainment fees in cases in which they send participants to recruitment agencies and in which employment is successfully sourced through the recruitment agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28180/18]
View answerJobPath is one of a range of activation supports which includes schemes such as TÚS and Community Employment (CE), catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers. Activation services are also provided by departmental case officers in the Intreo Centres, or by contracted companies and organisations such as Local Employment Services (LES), Job Clubs and the JobPath providers.
The JobPath service is being delivered through a payment by results model and the Department was careful in designing the service to ensure that payments to contractors are conditional on people not just finding a job, but finding sustainable employment. If a person secures a job and sustains that job, the contractor may be able to claim a job sustainment fee. JobPath is an activation service and not a placement agency and as such clients are assisted to secure their own employment. Depending on the nature of that employment it may be beneficial to the client to make use of Recruitment Agencies to help them secure a position. However the JobPath providers continue to work with the client until such time as they have found sustainable employment.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
