The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the appendices to the Deloitte & Touche report on the community employment programme published in October 1998. The first three appendices give a profile of the participants, supervisors and sponsors surveyed by the consultants. In addition to consultations with primary stakeholders, the opinions of FÁS, Department of Finance, other interest groups and my Department were also considered by Deloitte & Touche before finalising the report.
The participants surveyed are outlined in Appendix I. This survey is based on 218 respondents. Their age, education, the region they are from, the type of project they are involved in and their opinions of the programme are set out in detail in this appendix. Appendix II gives an outline of the supervisors surveyed. Details are supplied under the main headings: Personal Details, Project Information, CE Programme and Supervisors' Development Programme. The survey is based on 100 supervisors from the ten FÁS regions. The sponsors surveyed are included in Appendix III under the headings: project information and CE Programme.