90 Kildare People Sanctioned For Non-Engagement With JobPath.

Friday, 14 May 2021 06:10

In all, almost 2,800 people in the county have taken part in the programme.

90 people in Kildare have been sanctioned for failing to engage with the JobPath services

That's according to data released to Kildare North Social Democrat TD, Catherine Murphy, by the Minister for Social Protection.

The figure is up to March, 2020, at which point the imposition of cuts to payments were suspended.

JobPath is an employment activation programme which caters mainly for people who are long-term unemployed.

Its been outsourced by the department to two private firms, Seetec and Turas Nua.

In all, 2,778 people in Kildare have been referred by the department to the programme.

Table (i) Clients referred to and engaged with JobPath in 2019, 2020 & 2021 (end March) who have had reduced rates of payment applied during their JobPath engagement period, listed by county.

County	Number of clients
Carlow	<10
Cavan	60
Clare	30
Cork	50
Donegal	20
Dublin	970
Galway	130
Kerry	30
Kildare	90
Kilkenny	<10
Laois	50
Leitrim	30
Limerick	70
Longford	40
Louth	50
Mayo	<10
Meath	190
Monaghan	20
Offaly	50
Roscommon	<10
Sligo	20
Tipperary	100
Waterford	80
Westmeath	80
Wexford	80
Wicklow	20

Please note: the figures in the above table have been rounded to the nearest 10, counties where there is a total of 10 clients or less have been marked as <10.

Table (ii) Clients referred to and engaged with JobPath in 2019, 2020 & 2021 (end March) listed by referral year & county

County	2019	2020	2021 YTD	Total
Carlow	797	740	109	1,646
Cavan	1,359	705	111	2,175
Clare	1,018	1,014	150	2,182
Cork	3,375	2,544	398	6,317
Donegal	3,478	1,732	181	5,391
Dublin	12,909	6,935	1,146	20,990
Galway	3,069	1,381	220	4,670
Kerry	1,248	1,307	131	2,686
Kildare	1,377	1,215	186	2,778
Kilkenny	798	665	84	1,547
Laois	999	843	165	2,007
Leitrim	726	439	73	1,238
Limerick	1,634	1,295	185	3,114
Longford	949	509	72	1,530
Louth	2,246	1,309	235	3,790
Mayo	2,105	746	177	3,028
Meath	1,561	848	137	2,546
Monaghan	611	322	42	975
Offaly	1,234	840	91	2,165
Roscommon	619	272	29	920
Sligo	1,038	619	61	1,718
Tipperary	1,526	1,209	173	2,908
Waterford	1,232	1,236	144	2,612
Westmeath	1,774	990	147	2,911
Wexford	1,655	1,995	221	3,871
Wicklow	1,064	1,028	142	2,234
Grand Total	50,401	32,738	4,810	87,949