Just 18% get work out of JobPath scheme

Fewer than one in five people who were enrolled on the State’s highly criticised back-to-work scheme, JobPath, secured full-time employment, despite the scheme costing €84m.

According to Government documents, seen by the Irish Examiner, just 18% or 6,111 out of 39,603 people selected for the scheme in the year July 2015 to June 2016 secured full-time employment. This means the cost per successful appointment was €13,772.

Leading members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the Dáil’s spending watchdog, have expressed “extreme concern” at the lack of success in the scheme.