Employment Support Services.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 April 2010

Thursday, 1 April 2010

Questions (52, 53, 54, 55)

Simon Coveney

Question:

52 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 4 March 2010, when a reply will issue. [14429/10]

Simon Coveney

Question:

53 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 4 March 2010, when a reply will issue. [14430/10]

Simon Coveney

Question:

54 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 4 March 2010, when a reply will issue. [14431/10]

Simon Coveney

Question:

55 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 4 March 2010, when a reply will issue. [14432/10]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Deputy Dara Calleary)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 to 55, inclusive, together.

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables. The provision of data on a monthly basis is not readily available so is therefore set out on a yearly basis for all tables. Furthermore, for certain tables information is readily available on a regional basis only.

Tables 1 to 5 set out the number of places in relevant placement schemes operated by FÁS in Cork from 2005 to 2009 as well as the number of places available in 2010. Table 6 sets out the number of available Community Employment places over the same timescale. Table 7 sets out the number of FÁS training places available in Cork from 2005 to 2010 and Table 8 provides the current estimated waiting times by course type. Table 9 sets out the number of training places provided under the Technical Employment Support Grant (TESG). TESG funding is offered to clients when courses not delivered by FÁS are deemed appropriate.

Certain cohorts of the unemployed, including people who are under 35 years of age, are accorded priority access to FÁS training supports, with at least 30% of training places reserved for those aged under 25 years. Table 10 sets out the types of training courses available in the years 2005 to 2010.

Table 1

Year	Cumulative Client Number
2005	29
2006	26
2007	19
2008	17
2009	16
2010	15 (YTD)

Note: The Employment Support Scheme is being phased out gradually to be wholly replaced by the Wage Subsidy Scheme (See Table 2).

Table 2: Wage Subsidy Scheme

Southwest Regional Total
Year	Cumulative Client Number
2005	8
2006	25
2007	55
2008	88
2009	102
2010	99 (YTD)

Table 3: Work Placement Programme — Southwest Regional Total

Year	WPP1 — (Graduates)	WPP2 (Non-Graduates)
2009	20	5
2010 (YTD)	23	13

Table 4: Workplace (5-7 week work experience programme for jobseekers)

Year	Cumulative Client Number
2005	14
2006	9
2007	3
2008	3
2009	7
2010	13 (YTD)

Table 5: Job Initiative Scheme available places

Year	City	County	Total
2005	128	0	128
2006	114	0	114
2007	101	0	101
2008	89	0	89
2009	82	0	82
2010	81	0	81

Note: Following changes introduced to the Job Initiative Scheme by the Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment in late 2004, there is currently no recruitment onto the scheme while existing participants will have their contracts renewed.

Table 6: Community Employment Scheme available places

Year	City	County	Total
2005	1,227	926	2,153
2006	1,177	888	2,065
2007	1,188	896	2,085
2008	1,186	895	2,081
2009	1,201	906	2,107
2010	1,195	904	2,099

Table 7: FÁS Training Places in Cork

Year	Available Capacity
2005	1,206
2006	861
2007	1,229
2008	2,297
2009	1,089
2010	3,914

Table 8: Waiting times for training courses in Cork as at the end of February 2010

Training Course Type	Waiting Time
	0-4 months	5-8 months	9-12 months	13-17 months	18+ months	Total
Office/Administration	244	39	25	8	2	318
Computer Hardware/Networks/Programming	178	77	15	1		271
Computer Applications	548	322	301	23	5	1,199
Construction Related	499	79	16	3		597
Engineering Related	383	226	112	50	6	777
Electronics/Industrial Servicing	28	8	3	1		40
Sales/Marketing	45	4			1	50
Transport/Warehousing/Distribution	201	143	69	2		415
Health/Beauty/Child Care/Welfare	322	208	111	28	8	677
Pre Employment/Job Clubs/Return to Work	292	101	39	15	4	451
Self Employment/Enterprise	107	11	24			142
Animal/Land/Marine	87	75	69	2		233
Sports/Leisure	111	6	3	32	24	176
Other	129	22	24	2	2	179
Total	3,174	1,321	811	167	52	5,525

Table 9: FÁS Cork — Technical Employment Support Grant (TESG)

Year	Places Provided
2005	670
2006	402
2007	522
2008	560
2009	1,660
2010	329 (YTD)

Table 10

Course Type	Year
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Office/Administration	X	X	X	X	X	X
Computer Hardware/Networks/Programming	X	X	X	X	X	X
Computer Applications	X	X	X	X	X	X
Construction Related	X	X	X	X	X	X
Engineering Related	X	X	X	X	X	X
Electronics/Industrial Servicing	X	X	X	X	X	X
Sales/Marketing	X	X	X	X	X	X
Transport/Warehousing/Distribution	X			X	X	X
Health/Beauty/Child Care/Welfare	X	X	X	X	X	X
Pre Employment/Job Clubs/Return to Work	X	X	X	X	X	X
Self Employment/Enterprise	X		X		X	X
Animal/Land/Marine			X	X		X
Sports/Leisure	X	X	X	X	X	X
Other	X	X	X	X	X	X