Vol. 543 No. 3
165 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs the last day of receipt for applications for the students summer jobs scheme; the number of applications which were received; the number which were successful; the number which were unsuccessful; and the number which were refused on the basis that they were late applications. [27211/01]
166 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs the number of applications for the student summer jobs scheme which were received after the closing date; and the number of late applications which were accepted. [27212/01]
It is proposed to take Questions Nos. 165 and 166 together.
The closing date for applications for the students summer jobs scheme was 29 June 2001. A total of 8,090 applications from students were received by the closing date, of which 6,081 students were approved while 2,009 were not eligible to participate in the scheme. A total of 306 applications were received after the closing date, 5 of which were subsequently accepted following review.
