The Department of Social Protection’s job seeker website jobsireland.ie is offline.

When users log on to the jobsireland.ie website, they are met by a message saying "The Department of Social Protection apologises for any inconvenience caused by the disruption in the JobsIreland service. We anticipate that service will resume from Thursday 28th July."

JobsIreland.ie, the website for Intreo, replaced the three previously separate services from FÁS, Department of Social Protection and the Community Welfare Service in 2012.

Intreo provides access to information on job vacancies through the website.

Jobseekers and employers can find details and profiles about prospective jobs in Ireland and across Europe. The website also provides a database of training courses to suit all needs.

As part of a series of “pathways to work” reforms in 2013, old-style dole offices were replaced with public employment offices.

The “Intreo” centres provide provide jobseekers with tailored job-search assistance and progression plans.

The Department of Social Protection has been contacted but has yet to respond.

The Irish National Organisation for the Unemployed expressed its concerns over the matter. “It is welcome that an information notice and apology for any inconvenience caused is now up on the website, and it is vitally important that the service does indeed recommenced, and no later than Thursday 28th July,” it said in a statement.