asked the Minister for Labour the number of part-time and full-time jobs created by the Youth Employment Agency since their inception; and the number of jobs created that are still in existence.
Ceisteanna—Questions Oral Answers . - Youth Employment Agency .
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: The Youth Employment Agency were established in March 1982. Two hundred and nine employment places have been created by the agency since their inception. All are full time and 128 of them have been filled to date.
The agency in 1982 also provided additional funds to local authorities through the Department of the Environment for the full-time employment of young persons on environmental improvement works and to community and sporting organisations under the Temporary Youth Employment Scheme, then administered by the Department of Education, for the full-time employment of young people in work of value to the community. These funds were additional funds received by these bodies direct from subhead W of the Department of Labour Vote. It is estimated that approximately 1,500 and 500 young persons respectively were employed under the schemes in question as a result of these additional funds.
I should add that the above figures do not take account of the expansion of employment, training and work experience programmes for young persons which was met from levy funds and financed direct from subhead W of the Labour Vote.
: Could the Minister clarify the first figures he gave? Did he say the agency had created 209 jobs?
: The 209 full-time places, referred to in the reply, have been created as a result of funding projects from the Youth Employment Agency and are broken down as follows: NBST, 80 placements for graduates; Youth Enterprise (Shannon), 30 placements; National Co-Operative Farm Relief Services, 29 placements; Irish Productivity Centre, 50 placements; St. Michael's House, Goatstown, 20 placements.
: I am at a loss to understand what the Minister is getting at. Are these additional positions which have been created by the Youth Employment Agency or are they vacancies in these bodies which the Youth Employment Agency are assisting them to fill?
: The Youth Employment Agency are assisting these bodies to fill these placements.
: Are there no new jobs being created by the Youth Employment Agency?
: The Deputy asked what the full-time employment placements were. I have replied to his question; they were not made directly by the Youth Employment Agency.
: The Minister referred to 1,500 young people being employed in the course of the last nine months, from March 1982 to December 1982. Are those young people still in employment?
: I could not say with any certainty if they are still employed and I would not like to mislead the House by saying what number of them are still employed. They were employed under various schemes administered by the Department of Education and under a temporary youth employment scheme which had a time limit. I do not know if they are still working there or if they have moved on to full-time employment.
: The Minister appears to be just as confused about the Youth Employment Agency, their effectiveness and work as the general public——
: A question, please.
: Would the Minister clarify now, or in a statement to the House later, what the correct reply is to the question put down. How many full-time jobs have been created? How many part-time jobs have been created? Could he give specific information on the work of the Youth Employment Agency?
: I have answered that question. I understand that "full-time" means a job that involves a full working week.
: What portion of the Youth Employment Agency has been made available for environmental schemes?
: That is a different question.
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asked the Minister for Labour the funds made available to the Youth Employment Agency from the youth employment levy since its inception.
: The Youth Employment Agency was established in March 1982. The youth employment levy was introduced in April 1982. In 1982 the Government included a sum of £9.02 million in respect of expenditure by the agency in the provision of £41.0 million (Subhead W) for Training and Employment of Young Persons in the Department of Labour's Estimate for that year. This year the Government included £15 million for such expenditure in the provision of £77 million (Subhead T) in respect of the same services in my Department's Estimate for 1983.
These provisions are over and above the allocations from these subheads in these years to other bodies providing training and employment services for young persons.
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asked the Minister for Labour the bodies, organisations or firms that have received funds from the Youth Employment Agency since its inception; and the amount received in each case.
: As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose to circulate it in the Official Report.
The following is the information requested concerning payments made by the agency since March 1982 up to end February 1983:
|
Body/Organisation/Firm |
Amount of Payment made by the Agency |
|
|
£ |
||
|
1. |
Department of the Environment |
1.250 million |
|
2. |
Department of Education |
1 million |
|
3. |
Connemara West Ltd. |
34,000 |
|
4. |
Tallaght Welfare Society |
3,000 |
|
5. |
North Western Health Board |
43,000 |
|
6. |
CERT |
20,000 |
|
7. |
AnCO |
88,000 |
|
8. |
ACOT |
27,000 |
|
9. |
Youth Development Project, Thurles |
32,000 |
|
10. |
St. Kieran's Enterprise Centre |
96,000 |
|
11. |
Dublin Institute of Adult Education |
42,000 |
|
12. |
Limerick Youth Services |
47,000 |
|
13. |
Leitrim VEC |
3,000 |
|
14. |
Kilkenny Social Services Council |
5,000 |
|
15. |
St. Vincent's Day Centre |
7,000 |
|
16. |
Dublin Committee for Travelling People |
5,000 |
|
17. |
Irish Productivity Centre |
66,000 |
|
18. |
Youth Enterprises Shannon |
10,000 |
|
19. |
Waterford Resource Centre |
2,000 |
|
20. |
Curriculum Development Unit, Shannon |
38,000 |
|
21. |
Clare VEC (Local Community Liaison Group) |
5,000 |
|
22. |
Finglas Career Development Programme |
8,000 |
|
23. |
Junior Chamber, Nenagh |
3,000 |
|
24. |
National Board for Science and Technology |
8,000 |
|
25. |
National Co-Operative Farm Relief Services |
26,000 |
|
26. |
St. Michael's House, Goatstown |
10,000 |
|
27. |
NIHE, Limerick |
8,000 |
|
28. |
MALKAN (Mallow and Kanturk) Youth Development Association |
7,000 |
|
29. |
National Federation of Youth Clubs |
2,000 |
|
30. |
Dublin Council of Trade Unions |
2,000 |
|
31. |
Laois VEC |
4,000 |
|
32. |
Rialto Development Association |
600 |
|
33. |
SAY (Social Action Youth), Killarney |
300 |
|
34. |
National Manpower Service, Arklow |
300 |
|
35. |
Children's Group Link Development Project |
1,800 |
|
36. |
Bray GAA Club |
1,500 |
|
37. |
Lourdes Youth Services |
1,500 |
|
38. |
NCCCAP (North Centre City Community Action Project) |
1,000 |
|
39. |
Contribution for a Schools/Industry Links Programme to a Guidance Counsellor in Marymount College, Carrick- on-Shannon |
400 |