Irish Examiner view: JobPath scheme has failed dismally

The Department of Social Protection’s model of jobseeker’s assistance, which has cost the taxpayer €260m, has “not delivered value for money”

JobPath is an employment activation service for people who have been on the Live Register for more than 12 months and are trying to secure and sustain full-time paid employment or self-employment. 

If the Government’s JobPath scheme had been created by a commercial enterprise, the person responsible would, in all likelihood, have been fired for its dismal failure. 

JobPath is an employment activation service for people who have been on the Live Register for more than 12 months and are trying to secure and sustain full-time paid employment or self-employment.