Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 May 2004
93 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons participating in the main schemes operated by FÁS over each of the years since 1998; and if he will indicate the costs in each year. [15705/04]
View answerThe main FÁS programmes in operation are community employment, job initiative and social economy. The participation rates and costs in respect of each programme are as follows:
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Participant / Places |
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Year |
Average |
Year-End |
Costs |
|
€ ’000 |
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|
1998 |
39,483 |
39,520 |
376,754 |
|
1999 |
37,904 |
36,579 |
375,553 |
|
2000 |
35,249 |
33,549 |
367,690 |
|
2001 |
33,034 |
30,809 |
350,145 |
|
2002 |
27,670 |
24,991 |
323,056 |
|
2003 |
21,962 |
19,848 |
274,977 |
|
Participant / Places |
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|
Year |
Average |
Year-End |
Costs |
|
€ ’000 |
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|
1998 |
1,046 |
1,442 |
14,109 |
|
1999 |
1,793 |
2,198 |
24,581 |
|
2000 |
2,602 |
2,582 |
35,437 |
|
2001 |
2,793 |
2,762 |
43,945 |
|
2002 |
2,663 |
2,525 |
44,955 |
|
2003 |
2,391 |
2,207 |
42,330 |
|
Participant / Places |
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|
Year |
Average |
Year-End |
Costs |
|
€ ’000 |
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|
2001 |
101 |
3,442 |
|
|
2002 |
1,073 |
1,889 |
20,519 |
|
2003 |
1,862 |
2,370 |
36,460 |
The total funding allocation for employment schemes in 2004 has been fixed at €351 million, which will support up to 25,000 places across the three employment schemes.
