I propose to take Questions Nos. 409, 410 and 411 together.
I propose to take Parliamentary Questions 15833/26, 15834/26 and 15835/26 together.
On 4th March 2022, the Council of the European Union unanimously adopted the implementing decision regarding the Temporary Protection Directive. This means that people arriving from Ukraine under the Temporary Directive can move through the EU as EU citizens. It also means that, subject to their accommodation arrangements, they have been granted the status to avail of all income supports and services from the Department of Social Protection on the same basis as Irish citizens. Recipients of a jobseekers payment who have a right to reside and work in Ireland under the Temporary Protection Directive are also referred to the National Employment Service and Local Area Employment Service in the same way as other long term unemployed jobseekers.
A distinctive client journey has been embedded into the employment services process since 2022. Jobseekers on the live register engage with Intreo in the first 12 months and are then referred firstly to the contracted Intreo Partner National Employment Service (NES) and after 24 months, to the Intreo Partner Local Area Employment Service (LAES), which is designed to engage with those with greater barriers to the labour market.
The number of clients referred to the National Employment Service (NES) and the Local Area Employment Service (LAES) in the years 2022 to date is provided in Table 1 below.
The total number of all clients referred to the NES and LAES who secured employment during that period was 30,599. Of that total 5,368 were also beneficiaries of temporary protection. During the same period the total number of NES clients who sustained employment for 52 weeks was 6,338 with 1,571 of those jobs sustained by beneficiaries of temporary protection.
My Department does not retain data in respect of six-month job sustainment.
The overall expenditure incurred across all LAES and NES clients during the period 2022 to 2026 is provided in Table 2 below. The average cost per client referred to the services is not available as costs incurred are based on client engagements.
Table 1 Referral Numbers to NES and LAES 2022 to date
|
Year
|
Total Number of clients referred
|
Of total referred – number of clients who were also beneficiaries of temporary protection
|
|
2022
|
13,699
|
5
|
|
2023
|
69,927
|
8,594
|
|
2024
|
61,097
|
8,974
|
|
2025
|
65,547
|
8,492
|
|
To date 2026
|
9,747
|
1,104
|
Table 2 Total Expenditure NES and LAES 2022 to date
|
Year
|
Total Expenditure
|
Of Total Expenditure % in respect of beneficiaries of temporary protection
|
|
2022
|
€ 4.3m
|
0%
|
|
2023
|
€58.8m
|
5.4%
|
|
2024
|
€70.6m
|
10.3%
|
|
2025
|
€80.1m
|
14.3%
|
|
To date 2026
|
€ 9.4m
|
12.8%
|
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy
