JobPath Implementation

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 December 2015

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Ceisteanna (64, 65)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Ceist:

64. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the per-client fee that Seetec or Turas Nua will receive at the different stages. [46030/15]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Ceist:

65. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the per-client fee for the harder-to-place category and for the easier-to-place category. [46031/15]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection

I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 65 together.

JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. Following the completion of a public procurement process, two companies were selected to provide the JobPath service - Turas Nua and Seetec.

It is not intended to publish the individual fees that are payable to the JobPath companies as these are commercially sensitive and to do so would place the State at a disadvantage both in terms of the contracts now in place and any future procurement that may be undertaken.