Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 May 2004
46 Mr. Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proportion of non-apprentice employees who are in FÁS training centres; the proportion of these who are taken from the live register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13763/04]
View answerThe latest published follow-up survey of FÁS participants was carried out by the ESRI and published in 2003. It was based on asking a sample of FÁS trainees that left their FÁS programme in 2001 about their status in autumn 2002. Trainees were asked about their employment status in the month before coming on training. In the 2002 survey, 26% stated that they were in receipt of unemployment benefit, 17% in receipt of unemployment assistance and 3% were signing-on for credits. These three categories made up the live register figure of46%. A further 2% were in receipt of lone parent's allowance and 2% in receipt of a disability payment. FÁS training courses are open to all job-seekers. Two significant groups not on the live register are early school leavers, aged 16 years or 17 years, who are not eligible to sign on and women returning to the workforce after a period on home duties.
