Departmental Programmes

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010

Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Questions (105)

Joanna Tuffy

Question:

189 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the number of training places made available in County Cork under the labour market activation fund 2010 since its commencement; if she will list the groups from the private sector, the public sector, the community sector and the voluntary sector who have been approved to carry out the training programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32174/10]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills (Deputy Seán Haughey)

No Cork-based projects were among those selected for funding under the Labour Market Activation Fund, 2010. However, a number of projects based elsewhere in the country are providing multi-region programmes that include course places for unemployed people in Cork. As a number of these projects are currently involved in recruiting participants for their programmes, it is not yet possible to quantify the actual number of places that will be filled by unemployed people from Cork City and County.