Vol. 566 No. 1
173 Mr. O'Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money spent by her Department in each of the RAPID areas since the inception of the RAPID programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12384/03]
My Department's contribution to the RAPID programme has been delivered mainly through the prioritisation of existing FÁS programmes. Support provided by FÁS has been through FÁS community services where the community employment programme is the major element – where RAPID areas continue to be prioritised – FÁS employment services, the local employment service and FÁS training services.
The estimated value of the FÁS community services activities associated with each relevant RAPID area, which is funded from FÁS existing resources, is as follows: Dublin, €13.8 million; Cork, €6.96 million; Limerick, €2.65 million; Total €23.41 million.
