Vol. 451 No. 4
77 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment if he will give details of the proposed 12 area partnerships to which he referred in a recent speech (details supplied); and if he will indicate the connection these have with the area partnerships under the community enterprise programme organised under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach. [6669/95]
I take it the Deputy is referring to the Government decision to establish a local employment service, which will be introduced initially in the 12 area partnerships set up under the Programme for Economic and Social Progress and in two other areas which I hope to announce in the near future.
The local employment service will operate under my direction and in close co-operation with the initial 12Programme for Economic and Social Progress area partnerships, which are based in the following areas: Ballymun: Coolock/Darndale/Kilbarrack; Dublin inner city; Finglas/Cabra; Tallaght; Cork North City and some other disadvantaged areas in that city; Dundalk; Kerry south west and other rural disadvantaged areas of Kerry and Killarney: Limerick city; Mayo north; Waterford west and other rural disadvantaged areas of Waterford; Wexford south west and other rural disadvantaged areas of Wexford.
