Aengus Ó Snodaigh
Question:117 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently participating in the Tús scheme. [7877/11]
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The Minister for Finance announced the introduction of a community work placement initiative for up to 5,000 persons in his Budget statement to Dáil Éireann on the 7th December 2010. The initiative, known as Tús, was launched on the 21st December 2010 and work on developing the necessary implementation structures has been under way since then. The aim of Tús is to provide short-term, quality work opportunities for those who are unemployed for more than a year. Tús will be delivered at local level by each of the 53 local development companies and by Údarás na Gaeltachta. Promotion of Tús to potential work placement providers has been under way for some weeks as part of a process of identifying suitable work placements and local development companies are currently recruiting supervisory staff. The random selection of participants by the Department will commence shortly once the necessary arrangements have been put in place by the local development companies.