asked the Minister for Labour the total amount of funding allocated from 1981 to date under the various AnCO schemes in County Kildare; the amount of funding; the name of the scheme in each case; the total amount of funding allocated by the Youth Employment Agency for the same period in County Kildare; the name of the scheme; the purpose for which the funds were allocated; and the amount of funding in each case.
Written Answers. - AnCO Schemes.
171.
The total amount of funds allocated under AnCO schemes from 1981 to date in County Kildare is as follows:
|
£ |
|
|
(1) Temporary and Mobile Training Units |
370,959 |
|
(2) Community Youth Training Programme |
2,043,275 |
|
(3) Community Workshop Programme |
44,550 |
|
(4) External Training Programme |
1,303,430 |
|
3,762,214 |
To date £136,610 has been allocated to County Kildare by the Youth Employment Agency under the community enterprise programme.
Apart from the community enterprise programme most of the funding provided by the Youth Employment Agency is allocated to national programmes administered by other bodies. Among these programmes are:
—ACOT's certificate in farming on which there were 71 participants from County Kildare at the end of 1985;
—the youth self-employment programme under which 18 young people from County Kildare had received guaranteed loans by the end of 1985;
—specialist employment subsidy schemes in marketing, overseas marketing and science and technology under which seven young people were working with firms in County Kildare in 1985.
It is estimated that at least £130,000 was provided in funding to County Kildare since the establishment of the Youth Employment Agency on these programmes, in addition to the funds allocated under the community enterprise programme.