Tús is a community work placement initiative which will provide up to 5,000 short-term, quality work opportunities for those who are unemployed for more than a year. This initiative is being delivered through the network of local development companies and Údarás na Gaeltachta in Gaeltacht areas. Each company has been allocated a specific number of placements to fill based on the level of underlying unemployment in the area covered by each company's operations. In county Wicklow, 100 placements have been allocated to Wicklow Partnership Company Limited and 40 to Bray Area Partnership Limited. Both companies are in the process of profiling and recruiting participants referred by this Department and are on course to fill all identified work placements offered by sponsor organisations. To date, 22 participants are in placement with Wicklow Partnership Company and 7 are in placement with Bray Area Partnership. It is expected that the remaining placements will be filled over the coming weeks as profiling of person referred by my Department and Garda Vetting procedures are completed by each company.