Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 December 2009
78 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reduction she plans to make to the community employment and jobs initiative allowances; if her attention has been drawn to the ramifications of this for the rate of uptake of these schemes and those people in long-term unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47246/09]
View answerThere will be a reduction in the Social Welfare linked allowances paid to participants on Community Employment (CE) and Jobs Initiative (JI) programmes and FÁS training courses in line with the Budget reductions to Social Welfare recipients. The FÁS additional allowance for participants on CE and JI will also be reduced from €24.40 and €48.80 per week to €20 and €40 per week respectively. An additional 500 places are being made available under CE in 2010.
