Cecilia Keaveney
Question:137 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for Social Welfare the differences, if any, which have been incorporated into the 1997 student summer jobs scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10241/97]
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137 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for Social Welfare the differences, if any, which have been incorporated into the 1997 student summer jobs scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10241/97]
138 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for Social Welfare the cost of keeping a student on the student summer jobs scheme for 17 weeks; the cost of a student on full unemployment assistance for 17 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10242/97]
It is proposed to take Questions Nos. 137 and 138 together.
The underlying purpose of the student summer job scheme is to provide summer work opportunities and income support for the less well-off third level students and post-leaving certificate students who, from 1993, were precluded from receiving unemployment assistance during the summer months.
Priority, therefore, is given to enabling the maximum number of eligible students, who have no other means of support, to take part within the allocation of £10.2 million for the 1997 scheme. Students who are not precluded from unemployment assistance under the 1993 Social Welfare Act are, therefore, not eligible for the scheme.