I propose to take Questions Nos. 202 to 206, inclusive, together.
Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work routine and to assist them to enhance/develop both their technical and personal skills.
I am advised that there are currently 6,100 Community Employment Scheme participants in the Dublin area. A budget of €99m has been provided for this purpose for 2009.
The detailed information requested by the Deputy will take some time to collate and will be provided at a later date.