# jobseekers - Thursday 7 March, 2019
Private companies operating JobPath get over €3k for every jobseeker that makes it through the scheme.
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# jobseekers - Wednesday 20 February, 2019
Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty says the government has a legally binding contract with the operators that it must honour.
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# jobseekers - Sunday 10 February, 2019
This week, opposition parties united to vote in favour of a motion calling for referrals to the scheme to end.
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# jobseekers - Thursday 7 February, 2019
The government was defeated by 81 votes to 42.
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# jobseekers - Wednesday 6 February, 2019
Sinn Féin’s motion calls on the government to end the referral of jobseekers to JobPath.
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# jobseekers - Friday 30 November, 2018
How much the companies got paid per person has been shrouded in secrecy since the roll out of the programme.
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# jobseekers - Monday 8 October, 2018
The National Youth Council of Ireland has called for a €22m investment to resolve the issue.
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# jobseekers - Saturday 7 October, 2017
Catherine MurphyTD has raised serious concerns in the Dáil regarding the activation programme, JobPath.
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# jobseekers - Tuesday 18 April, 2017
It’s estimated that last year suspected fraud overpayments of Jobseeker’s Allowance cost €14 million.
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# jobseekers - Thursday 5 January, 2017
Changes have been made to the One-Parent Family Payment and the Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment.
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# jobseekers - Tuesday 3 November, 2015
The Department of Social Protection said an evaluation of the JobBridge scheme is about to commence.
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# jobseekers - Wednesday 8 July, 2015
The man has led a ‘sad life’ the court heard.
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# jobseekers - Tuesday 16 June, 2015
The ESRI research found that eight out of 10 jobseekers would earn 40% more by finding work than staying on benefits.
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# jobseekers - Monday 13 April, 2015
Look, we were just wondering if anyone was interested. *sniggers*
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# jobseekers - Thursday 26 February, 2015
And it’s bringing its plans overseas.
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# jobseekers - Saturday 7 February, 2015
The Small Firms Association wants self-employed people to be allowed make voluntary contributions to PRSI.
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# jobseekers - Tuesday 14 October, 2014
Professional job seekers are becoming savvier when it comes to potential employers.
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# jobseekers - Monday 13 October, 2014
An organisation representing young people in Ireland is calling for the €188 rate to be restored for all young people who are taking part in education, training and works experience programmes.
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# jobseekers - Tuesday 7 October, 2014
The government has launched its latest Pathways to Work document today.
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# jobseekers - Saturday 9 August, 2014
That’s the answer but what’s the question…
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# jobseekers - Wednesday 30 July, 2014
The unemployment rate now stands at 11.5%.
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# jobseekers - Thursday 17 July, 2014
A new study has found that the number in receipt of these payments are just a little or below the number in the work force.
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# jobseekers - Monday 9 June, 2014
The courses, which are free to jobseekers, specifically target areas where employment is growing.
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# jobseekers - Thursday 8 May, 2014
And will face penalties if they don’t take up their places.
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# jobseekers - Wednesday 30 April, 2014
An Taoiseach made the comments as Live Register declined for the 22nd consecutive month.
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# jobseekers - Thursday 27 March, 2014
Take all of our jobs.
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ISME is calling for self-employed person to have the option of paying a higher rate of PRSI in order to entitled them to the same social welfare payments as their PAYE counterparts.
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# jobseekers - Saturday 8 March, 2014
The Social Welfare Appeals Office is currently dealing with 13,444 appeals.
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# jobseekers - Sunday 23 February, 2014
Everyone’s talking about a tragic death in Ennis, bank guarantee documents, and the Olympic games.
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# jobseekers - Friday 21 February, 2014
The INOU said participants need to be matched appropriately to suitable positions.
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# jobseekers - Friday 31 January, 2014
Advice websites run by the Citizens Information Board, such as keepingyourhome.ie and all saw an increase in traffic.
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# jobseekers - Tuesday 28 January, 2014
Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh said some of the companies who expressed an interest in this scheme have “dubious records” in England where they provide similar services.
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# jobseekers - Tuesday 14 January, 2014
The prediction is made in Cpl’s Employment Market Monitor Report, which also recorded a rise in the number of jobs posted last year.
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# jobseekers - Sunday 29 December, 2013
Jobseekers can receive payments and supports at the new centres.
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# jobseekers - Sunday 24 November, 2013
The Minister for Social Protection is advising anyone taking up work for Christmas to let their local social welfare office know.
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# jobseekers - Thursday 24 October, 2013
The bill passed the second stage by 79 votes to 44 and will now go before a committee.
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# jobseekers - Monday 21 October, 2013
The figure for 2013 is already well ahead of the corresponding number of sanctions last year.
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# jobseekers - Saturday 24 August, 2013
A report has recommended that the department review eligibility criteria for some payments to “recognise the reality of the labour market”.
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# jobseekers - Thursday 11 July, 2013
Department of Social Protection spending represented 40.6 per cent of all Government expenditure last year, according to figures out today.
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# jobseekers - Tuesday 2 July, 2013
The position in the war-torn Middle East country is one of dozens advertised on the State training and employment agency’s website that are based outside of Ireland.
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