Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018
2594. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons engaged on JobPath who have taken up places on community employment schemes, the rural social scheme or Tús since June 2018. [35335/18]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, customers of my Department who are engaged with the JobPath service have, from 1 June 2018, the option of taking up a placement on CE and Tús while continuing to engage with the JobPath service. This change ensures that jobseekers can benefit from the job-seeking support of the JobPath service while also availing of a part-time work placement provided by Tús or CE.
As the current selection process for JobPath excludes jobseekers categorised as self-employed including those actively farming or fishing, those eligible for RSS should not be impacted by this change once my Department is aware of their farming and fishing activities.
My Department are presently compiling the data on the numbers of persons engaged on JobPath that have taken up places on CE and Tús since June 2018 and will make it available to the Deputy.
I trust this clarifies matters for the Deputies.
