Written Answers Nos. 422 - 441
423. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for Social Protection where the additional 100 breakfast clubs, as announced in budget 2014, will be located; the way the scheme is administered generally; if schools may apply to be included in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45706/13]
View answerThe school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food services for disadvantaged children through two schemes. The first is the statutory urban school meals scheme, operated by local authorities and part-financed by the Department. The second is the school meals local projects schemes through which funding is provided directly to participating schools and local and voluntary community groups who run their own school meals projects. The Government has allocated an additional €2 million for the school meals programme in 2013, providing a total allocation of €37 million.
Under the school meals local projects scheme, funding is provided towards breakfast/snack, lunch and/or dinner clubs. In the academic year 2012/13 there were approximately 550 breakfast/snack clubs funded under the school meals local projects scheme out of a total of over 2,000 food clubs. Priority for funding under the school meals locals projects scheme is given to schools which are part of the Department of Education & Skills’ initiative for disadvantaged schools, ‘Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools’ (DEIS). Schools can apply to the Department to participate in the scheme.
In addition to the schools meals programme, the Department, through its child and social inclusion policy division, provided funding of €22,500 in the form of a social inclusion grant to Healthy Food for All (HFfA) in 2013. The purpose of this funding is to support programme activities aimed at improving access to a healthy and affordable diet. The HFfA's breakfast club initiative is one of a number of programme activities co-ordinated nationally by HFfA to address food poverty in local schools and communities. This food poverty initiative adds value to the Government’s investment in the school meals programme.
In Budget 2014, I announced the provision of additional breakfast clubs to support school going children in disadvantaged areas. Officials in the Department are examining how best this can be progressed in 2014.
425. Deputy Dara Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45714/13]
View answerThe Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 22nd October 2013. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these have been received from the Department, the case in question will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral appeal hearing.
The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements.
426. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection when the appeals office will respond to correspondence sent in August by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45724/13]
View answerI am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence including that adduced at the oral hearing, decided to disallow the appeal of the person concerned. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of an Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed in the light of additional evidence or new facts.
I am advised that the person concerned has submitted additional evidence and that the Appeals Officer has agreed to review the case. The Appeals Officer reviewed the additional evidence submitted and has upheld his original decision. The person concerned was notified in writing of the outcome of this review on 30th October 2013.
The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements.
427. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons persons in receipt of farm assist are not considered eligible for inclusion in the JobBridge scheme. [45730/13]
View answer453. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 currently participating in the JobBridge programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45804/13]
View answer471. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown by county and in the case of Dublin by post-code of the number of persons who have participated in or are currently participating in the national JobBridge scheme per year since the scheme was introduced; the number of participants who participated or are currently participating on their JobBridge scheme with a school, hospital, Government, State or public body either wholly or partially funded by the State; the number of JobBridge internships that have been filled with local authorities; the number of interns in each of the above categories who were retained by the public institution or body upon completion of the internship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45836/13]
View answer479. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is any criteria in place regarding the time limit a company with a JobBridge position can advertise it for, and if there is any criteria regarding the obligation for the said company to respond to applications or hold interviews for the position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45892/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 427, 453, 471 and 479 together.
Farm Assist is not one of the qualifying payments for JobBridge. Individuals do not need to be available for work to be in receipt of Farm Assist. Jobbridge participants must be available to undertake at least thirty hours work per week.
As at 30th October, 2013, 6,384 individuals aged under 25 years have voluntarily participated in JobBridge, of whom 4,745 have finished their internship and 1,637 are currently on JobBridge internships. This is in line with my commitment to giving youth unemployed the opportunity to gain new skills and experiences to bridge the gap to the rest of their working lives.
The following tables give the breakdown of JobBridge participants, and participants in the local authorities. 21% of all placements to-date have been in public sector bodies. This equates to 4,847 internships. Of the 4,847 placements in the public sector, 1,341 jobseekers are currently on the scheme and 3,506 jobseekers have finished their placements in the public sector.
The Indecon evaluation of JobBridge found that there is a higher rate of employment among participants who completed their internships in private sector organisations. However, encouragingly 41.2% of all participants who undertook their internship in a public sector organisation progressed into paid employment. The high rates of progression into employment among public sector interns also show that the experience that interns gain in public sector host organisations facilitates them in gaining employment.
Internships are advertised on the JobBridge website for eight weeks. The scheme is voluntary and the decision to interview or how to interview candidates is a matter for the host organisation.
Table 1 – Total JobBridge Participants 2011 (by County/Dublin Postcode)
|
County |
Grand Total |
|
CARLOW |
60 |
|
CAVAN |
38 |
|
CLARE |
81 |
|
CORK CITY |
306 |
|
CORK COUNTY |
90 |
|
DONEGAL |
105 |
|
DUBLIN 1 |
110 |
|
DUBLIN 10 |
15 |
|
DUBLIN 11 |
35 |
|
DUBLIN 12 |
67 |
|
DUBLIN 13 |
5 |
|
DUBLIN 14 |
33 |
|
DUBLIN 15 |
86 |
|
DUBLIN 16 |
11 |
|
DUBLIN 17 |
23 |
|
DUBLIN 18 |
64 |
|
DUBLIN 2 |
429 |
|
DUBLIN 20 |
6 |
|
DUBLIN 22 |
37 |
|
DUBLIN 24 |
58 |
|
DUBLIN 3 |
29 |
|
DUBLIN 4 |
77 |
|
DUBLIN 5 |
7 |
|
DUBLIN 6 / 6W |
40 |
|
DUBLIN 7 |
43 |
|
DUBLIN 8 |
52 |
|
DUBLIN 9 |
35 |
|
DUBLIN NORTH COUNTY - FINGAL |
64 |
|
DUBLIN WEST COUNTY |
3 |
|
DUN LAOGHAIRE - RATHDOWN |
67 |
|
GALWAY CITY |
134 |
|
GALWAY COUNTY |
83 |
|
KERRY |
87 |
|
KILDARE |
111 |
|
KILKENNY |
42 |
|
LAOIS |
37 |
|
LEITRIM |
16 |
|
LIMERICK CITY |
97 |
|
LIMERICK COUNTY |
80 |
|
LONGFORD |
32 |
|
LOUTH |
93 |
|
MAYO |
73 |
|
MEATH |
66 |
|
MONAGHAN |
58 |
|
OFFALY |
35 |
|
ROSCOMMON |
24 |
|
SLIGO |
85 |
|
TIPPERARY (NORTH) |
49 |
|
TIPPERARY (SOUTH) |
71 |
|
WATERFORD CITY |
83 |
|
WATERFORD COUNTY |
42 |
|
WESTMEATH |
99 |
|
WEXFORD |
102 |
|
WICKLOW |
98 |
|
Grand Total |
3773 |
Table 2 – Total JobBridge Participants 2012 (by County/Dublin Postcode)
|
County |
Grand Total |
|
CARLOW |
118 |
|
CAVAN |
122 |
|
CLARE |
204 |
|
CORK CITY |
591 |
|
CORK COUNTY |
291 |
|
DONEGAL |
352 |
|
DUBLIN 1 |
257 |
|
DUBLIN 10 |
16 |
|
DUBLIN 11 |
65 |
|
DUBLIN 12 |
176 |
|
DUBLIN 13 |
14 |
|
DUBLIN 14 |
70 |
|
DUBLIN 15 |
186 |
|
DUBLIN 16 |
24 |
|
DUBLIN 17 |
48 |
|
DUBLIN 18 |
122 |
|
DUBLIN 2 |
742 |
|
DUBLIN 20 |
27 |
|
DUBLIN 22 |
92 |
|
DUBLIN 24 |
157 |
|
DUBLIN 3 |
59 |
|
DUBLIN 4 |
199 |
|
DUBLIN 5 |
23 |
|
DUBLIN 6 / 6W |
99 |
|
DUBLIN 7 |
109 |
|
DUBLIN 8 |
200 |
|
DUBLIN 9 |
92 |
|
DUBLIN NORTH COUNTY - FINGAL |
151 |
|
DUBLIN WEST COUNTY |
33 |
|
DUN LAOGHAIRE - RATHDOWN |
188 |
|
GALWAY CITY |
458 |
|
GALWAY COUNTY |
194 |
|
KERRY |
291 |
|
KILDARE |
336 |
|
KILKENNY |
171 |
|
LAOIS |
151 |
|
LEITRIM |
44 |
|
LIMERICK CITY |
285 |
|
LIMERICK COUNTY |
198 |
|
LONGFORD |
73 |
|
LOUTH |
220 |
|
MAYO |
218 |
|
MEATH |
228 |
|
MONAGHAN |
155 |
|
OFFALY |
120 |
|
ROSCOMMON |
69 |
|
SLIGO |
173 |
|
TIPPERARY (NORTH) |
111 |
|
TIPPERARY (SOUTH) |
197 |
|
WATERFORD CITY |
255 |
|
WATERFORD COUNTY |
86 |
|
WESTMEATH |
218 |
|
WEXFORD |
280 |
|
WICKLOW |
215 |
|
Grand Total |
9573 |
Table 3 – Total JobBridge Participants 2013 to date (by County/Dublin Postcode)
|
County |
Finishers |
Currently on Internship |
Grand Total |
|
CARLOW |
33 |
82 |
115 |
|
CAVAN |
41 |
91 |
132 |
|
CLARE |
56 |
159 |
215 |
|
CORK CITY |
225 |
384 |
609 |
|
CORK COUNTY |
89 |
171 |
260 |
|
DONEGAL |
72 |
219 |
291 |
|
DUBLIN 1 |
97 |
126 |
223 |
|
DUBLIN 10 |
5 |
31 |
36 |
|
DUBLIN 11 |
31 |
55 |
86 |
|
DUBLIN 12 |
56 |
123 |
179 |
|
DUBLIN 13 |
7 |
11 |
18 |
|
DUBLIN 14 |
19 |
42 |
61 |
|
DUBLIN 15 |
72 |
127 |
199 |
|
DUBLIN 16 |
11 |
12 |
23 |
|
DUBLIN 17 |
18 |
33 |
51 |
|
DUBLIN 18 |
44 |
84 |
128 |
|
DUBLIN 2 |
269 |
388 |
657 |
|
DUBLIN 20 |
6 |
10 |
16 |
|
DUBLIN 22 |
37 |
53 |
90 |
|
DUBLIN 24 |
70 |
106 |
176 |
|
DUBLIN 3 |
33 |
71 |
104 |
|
DUBLIN 4 |
57 |
100 |
157 |
|
DUBLIN 5 |
4 |
14 |
18 |
|
DUBLIN 6 / 6W |
28 |
60 |
88 |
|
DUBLIN 7 |
39 |
78 |
117 |
|
DUBLIN 8 |
75 |
115 |
190 |
|
DUBLIN 9 |
26 |
68 |
94 |
|
DUBLIN NORTH COUNTY - FINGAL |
70 |
111 |
181 |
|
DUBLIN WEST COUNTY |
6 |
23 |
29 |
|
DUN LAOGHAIRE - RATHDOWN |
80 |
101 |
181 |
|
GALWAY CITY |
141 |
244 |
385 |
|
GALWAY COUNTY |
69 |
131 |
200 |
|
KERRY |
86 |
192 |
278 |
|
KILDARE |
107 |
203 |
310 |
|
KILKENNY |
34 |
81 |
115 |
|
LAOIS |
38 |
86 |
124 |
|
LEITRIM |
13 |
28 |
41 |
|
LIMERICK CITY |
93 |
214 |
307 |
|
LIMERICK COUNTY |
61 |
128 |
189 |
|
LONGFORD |
26 |
36 |
62 |
|
LOUTH |
85 |
156 |
241 |
|
MAYO |
76 |
192 |
268 |
|
MEATH |
67 |
151 |
217 |
|
MONAGHAN |
43 |
128 |
171 |
|
OFFALY |
35 |
85 |
120 |
|
ROSCOMMON |
21 |
58 |
79 |
|
SLIGO |
39 |
136 |
175 |
|
TIPPERARY (NORTH) |
39 |
87 |
126 |
|
TIPPERARY (SOUTH) |
41 |
124 |
165 |
|
WATERFORD CITY |
70 |
134 |
204 |
|
WATERFORD COUNTY |
26 |
75 |
101 |
|
WESTMEATH |
72 |
148 |
220 |
|
WEXFORD |
93 |
183 |
276 |
|
WICKLOW |
52 |
109 |
161 |
|
Grand Total |
3,102 |
6157 |
9259 |
Table 4 – Total Local Authority JobBridge Participants to Date
|
Row Labels |
Finishers |
Currently On Internship |
Grand Total |
|
Carlow County Council |
37 |
12 |
49 |
|
Cavan County Council |
20 |
14 |
34 |
|
Clare County Council |
35 |
5 |
40 |
|
Cork County Council |
69 |
31 |
100 |
|
Donegal County Council |
64 |
20 |
84 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
8 |
6 |
14 |
|
Fingal County Council |
3 |
9 |
12 |
|
Galway County Council |
67 |
14 |
81 |
|
Kerry County Council |
18 |
7 |
25 |
|
Kildare County Council |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Kilkenny County Council |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
Laois County Council |
9 |
3 |
12 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
10 |
6 |
16 |
|
Limerick County Council |
26 |
2 |
28 |
|
Longford County Council |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Louth County Council |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Mayo County Council |
24 |
20 |
44 |
|
Meath County Council |
16 |
4 |
20 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
13 |
12 |
25 |
|
North Tipperary County Council |
36 |
11 |
47 |
|
Offaly County Council |
7 |
7 |
14 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
7 |
3 |
10 |
|
Sligo County Council |
34 |
15 |
47 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
7 |
2 |
9 |
|
South Tipperary County Council |
16 |
6 |
22 |
|
Waterford County Council |
54 |
15 |
69 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
11 |
1 |
12 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
11 |
11 |
|
|
Grand Total |
607 |
229 |
836 |
428. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the anomaly that exists within the JobBridge scheme and those who have been working voluntarily; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that many of those who have been working for free to try to further their careers cannot take up on JobBridge positions, as they have not been claiming a qualifying social welfare payment, and are losing out as a result; if she will review a case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary relating to this issue; if she will take steps to tackle this unfairness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45736/13]
View answer449. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the additional weekly payment young jobseekers aged 23-24 and aged 25 will receive under the proposed new rates for jobseeker's allowance if they participate in JobBridge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45796/13]
View answer470. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person on JobBridge is not entitled to fuel allowance when the income is low (details supplied); if she will consider extending this payment to those on JobBridge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45833/13]
View answer578. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Social Protection when the JobBridge programme will be extended to a maximum of three internships for a maximum cumulative period of 18 months; the maximum length of a single internship remaining nine months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46996/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 428, 449, 470 and 578 together.
JobBridge is targeted at those in receipt of certain Social Welfare payments and those signing for credits for at least 3 months (78 days) out of the previous 6 months. Persons who do not satisfy these criteria are not eligible to participate in the scheme.
A jobseeker participating on a JobBridge internship will receive a weekly top-up payment of €50 in addition to their existing social welfare payment.
If an individual on a JobBridge internship was in receipt of the fuel allowance at the time of taking up the JobBridge internship the person would retain the fuel allowance. A person in a household participating on a JobBridge internship would not debar an eligible applicant from the fuel allowance. One fuel allowance only may be paid per household.
It is anticipated that the changes relating to the number and maximum cumulative duration of internships will take effect within the coming weeks. Full details of these changes will be published on the home page of the JobBridge website www.jobbridge.ie.
430. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45750/13]
View answerI can confirm that an application for disability allowance (DA) was received from the person concerned on 12 February 2013. Following an appeal, the application was approved on medical grounds. The application was subsequently referred to a social welfare investigator (SWI) for a means investigation. A decision on the person’s entitlement to disability allowance will be made on receipt of the social welfare investigator’s report and the person will be notified directly of the outcome.
In the meantime, if the person’s means are insufficient to meet his needs, he should apply for supplementary welfare allowance from his local community welfare officer.
431. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the implications of budget 2014 on the community employment schemes, the local training initiatives and the community training centres; and if he will detail any reductions in budget allocations for these schemes as a whole or for the individual projects currently funded under these schemes. [45754/13]
View answerBudget 2014 has no implications for participants on the Community Employment programme. The budgeted places will remain at 25,300 in 2014.
The Local Training Initiative programme and Community Training Centres come under the remit of the Department of Education.
432. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if the €32 million projected savings arising from the changes to jobseeker's allowance for the under 26 year olds in budget 2014 will be spent to provide additional labour activation measures for the under 25s; if she will outline these additional measures; and the number of persons who will benefit from these measures. [45755/13]
View answer433. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to combine and ring-fence the €14 million youth guarantee allocation announced in budget 2014 with the €32 million savings arising from the reduction in jobseeker's allowance payments to the 22 to 25 age group. [45756/13]
View answer438. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of extra labour activation places that will be provided by her Department in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 to the under 25 age group; and the total cost of these places. [45761/13]
View answer468. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed breakdown per programme and scheme for youth employment initiatives comprising the €46 million which was included in press briefing from her Department on 15 October 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45820/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 432, 433, 438 and 468 together.
In order to develop and implement a plan to give effect to the EU recommendation for a Youth Guarantee in Ireland, the Department of Social Protection has set up an interdepartmental Youth Guarantee Implementation Group with officials and programme managers from the Department of Education and Skills, the Department of Jobs Enterprise and Innovation, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The terms of reference for this group are to review the current range of youth employment services in Ireland, to assess what measures are appropriate to deliver the Youth Guarantee in Ireland and to develop an implementation plan for approval of Government and transmission to the EU before the end of the year.
As an initial step towards preparing for implementation of the guarantee, provision has already been made in Budget 2014 for:
- increasing provision under the JobsPlus scheme for persons aged less than 25 years.
- an additional intake of 1,500 young people on to the very successful JobBridge scheme
- ensuring that 1,000 places on the Tús scheme are targeted at young people
- developing a pilot programme to support young unemployed people to take up opportunities under schemes such as Your First EURES Job
- ring-fencing a minimum of 2,000 training places for under-25s by the Department of Education and Skills, under a follow-up to the successful Momentum programme that operated in 2013, with income support for participants being provided by my department
- the Department of Jobs Enterprise and Innovation making funds available to young entrepreneurs via Micro finance Ireland and other business start-up schemes.
In aggregate this involves an expenditure of c €46m on the initiatives announced in Budget 2014.
With regard to the funding of this expenditure, Deputies will be aware that the Department of Social Protection is reducing its expenditure by a total of €290m in 2014. This saving is being achieved across a range of subheads and facilitates the increased provision of places for young people within the overall Government spending limits.
In addition to these provisions in Budget 2014, young people will continue to benefit from places already available under schemes such as the Back to Education Allowance scheme, JobBridge, VTOS and Youthreach, as well as the provision of training programmes for unemployed people funded by Solas.
In total it is expected that these programmes will provide over 91,000 opportunities for new participants in 2014. Of these places just over 20,200 are specifically earmarked for young people. This represents an increase of 4,000 places earmarked for young people over 2013, by additional provision on JobBridge, Tús and JobsPlus. In addition young people will continue to have access to other full time schemes totalling c. 58,000 places.
No decisions have been taken as yet with respect to provision for 2015 and later years.
434. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of labour activation places provided by her Department on a monthly basis from October 2012 to October 2013 inclusive broken down by places taken up and places left vacant. [45757/13]
View answerThe Department of Social Protection provides labour activation places on a number of programmes. Figures for participation on the main such programmes for the end of each month from September 2013 to September 2012 are contained in the following Table 1. The figures for October 2013 are not yet available.
The concept of vacant places on a monthly basis is not meaningful in the context of most of these schemes. The budget provision for these schemes is based on an estimate on the number of places for the year as a whole. For some schemes the number of places available is essentially demand-led (e.g. Back to Education Allowance, Back to Work Enterprise Allowance, JobBridge), and therefore the notion of ‘vacant places’ has limited relevance.
The revised annual Budget 2013 expenditure estimates for the schemes, together with the relevant underlying participation projections, are set out in the following Table 2.
The Deputy will be aware that there are also a number of activation schemes involving further education/training that are not listed here as they come under the remit of the Department of Education and Skills.
Table 1: Number of Participants of Working Age on Employment Support programmes - Sep 2012 to Sep 2013
|
Scheme\Support |
Sep-12 |
Oct-12 |
Nov-12 |
Dec-12 |
Jan-13 |
Feb-13 |
Mar-13 |
Apr-13 |
May-13 |
Jun-13 |
Jul-13 |
Aug-13 |
Sep-13 |
|
Back To Education Allowance |
21,974 |
28,747 |
30,819 |
30,886 |
30,805 |
30,571 |
32,296 |
32,830 |
22,830 |
13,837 |
12,077 |
11,392 |
22,702 |
|
Back To Work Allowance |
10,965 |
10,919 |
10,884 |
10,811 |
10,812 |
10,747 |
10,650 |
10,485 |
10,406 |
10,325 |
10,413 |
10,377 |
10,259 |
|
Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme |
190 |
190 |
215 |
215 |
215 |
215 |
215 |
256 |
258 |
258 |
258 |
258 |
172 |
|
Community Employment Programme (excluding supervisors) |
21,243 |
21,174 |
21,102 |
21,081 |
21,063 |
21,075 |
21,172 |
21,188 |
21,252 |
21,144 |
21,341 |
21,426 |
21,560 |
|
Tús - Comm. Work Placement Scheme |
4,432 |
4,491 |
4,522 |
4,543 |
4,510 |
4,601 |
4,839 |
4,837 |
5,059 |
5,448 |
5,768 |
6,301 |
6,740 |
|
Rural Social Scheme |
2,549 |
2,594 |
2,593 |
2,591 |
2,589 |
2,585 |
2,537 |
2,558 |
2,531 |
2,532 |
2,513 |
2,544 |
2,545 |
|
JobBridge |
4,892 |
5,236 |
5,503 |
5,532 |
5,565 |
5,832 |
5,948 |
6,030 |
6,137 |
5,934 |
5,488 |
5,309 |
5,603 |
Table 2: Revised Annual Budget 2013 Estimates for Employment Supports
|
Expenditure Breakdown |
2013 REV |
Projected participant numbers |
|
WORKING AGE - EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS |
€’000 |
|
|
Back to Education Allowance |
189,300 |
23,000 (year-end) |
|
Community Employment Programme |
351,550 |
23,000 (average, excluding supervisors) |
|
Back to Work Allowance |
126,400 |
12,150 (average) |
|
National Internship Scheme - JobBridge |
81,760 |
8,500 (year-end) |
|
Tús - Community Work Placement |
96,200 |
7,500 (year-end) |
|
Rural Social Scheme |
45,000 |
2,750 (average) |
|
JobsPlus |
2,070 |
2,500 (year-end) |
439. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that her Department is automatically paying the respite care grant to all recipients of carer's allowance and half-rate carer's allowance; if her attention has been drawn to any cases where persons have had to contact her Department after not getting the grant; if so, the number of cases approximately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45764/13]
View answerThe Respite Care Grant is an annual payment made to carer’s by the Department of Social Protection. The grant is paid automatically to all recipients of carer's allowance and half rate carer's allowance who are in payment on the first Thursday of June each year. Every claim which is in payment on this date automatically gets the respite care grant payment. The only exception to this is a small number of cases where a domiciliary care allowance has been stopped the previous month which automatically places a stop on the respite care grant. If this is not noticed within the short timeframe between the end of May and the first Thursday of June the respite care grant will not issue automatically. In 2013 approximately 70 such cases occurred out of a total of approximately 45,000 carer’s allowance recipients entitled to the respite care grant. These recipients received their respite care grant within days of contacting the department.
441. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 26 years of age who are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit, supplementary payments pending jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit and signing on for credits at each social welfare office here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45788/13]
View answerThe information in relation to supplementary payments pending jobseekers allowance and jobseekers benefit being paid at each Social Welfare Local Office is not ordinarily maintained within my Department.
The information requested by the Deputy in relation to persons under 26 on the Live Register where available is listed in the following tabular statement. The Live Register count is slightly higher than the number of recipients in the jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit schemes as it includes claims awaiting decision and certain other categories of claims not in payment.
Number of persons under 26 years on the Live Register by scheme at 31 October 2013.
|
County |
Jobseeker’s Allowance |
Jobseeker’s Benefit |
Jobseeker’s Credits Only |
Totals |
|
Achill |
60 |
4 |
1 |
65 |
|
Apollo House |
333 |
22 |
6 |
361 |
|
Ardee |
320 |
19 |
1 |
340 |
|
Arklow |
573 |
33 |
4 |
610 |
|
Athlone |
715 |
65 |
7 |
787 |
|
Athy |
479 |
27 |
1 |
507 |
|
Balbriggan |
683 |
74 |
3 |
760 |
|
Ballina |
588 |
45 |
633 |
|
|
Ballinasloe |
430 |
29 |
4 |
463 |
|
Ballinrobe |
113 |
11 |
124 |
|
|
Ballybofey |
626 |
30 |
656 |
|
|
Ballyconnell |
206 |
8 |
1 |
215 |
|
Ballyfermot |
765 |
51 |
4 |
820 |
|
Ballymun |
752 |
32 |
2 |
786 |
|
Ballyshannon |
267 |
18 |
2 |
287 |
|
Baltinglass |
262 |
27 |
4 |
293 |
|
Bandon |
167 |
17 |
184 |
|
|
Bantry |
156 |
15 |
2 |
173 |
|
Bantry Control Office |
25 |
5 |
30 |
|
|
Belmullet |
148 |
7 |
1 |
156 |
|
Birr |
451 |
26 |
2 |
479 |
|
Bishop Square |
1,293 |
108 |
5 |
1,406 |
|
Blanchardstown |
1,255 |
120 |
9 |
1,384 |
|
Boyle |
141 |
10 |
1 |
152 |
|
Bray |
719 |
80 |
3 |
802 |
|
Buncrana |
794 |
29 |
823 |
|
|
Cahir |
210 |
22 |
3 |
235 |
|
Cahirciveen |
98 |
15 |
113 |
|
|
Carlow |
760 |
41 |
3 |
804 |
|
Carrickmacross |
204 |
15 |
1 |
220 |
|
Carrick-on-Shannon |
378 |
24 |
3 |
405 |
|
Carrick-on-Suir |
279 |
21 |
5 |
305 |
|
Carrigaline |
270 |
34 |
2 |
306 |
|
Cashel |
207 |
12 |
219 |
|
|
Castlebar |
419 |
41 |
2 |
462 |
|
Castleblayney |
270 |
21 |
2 |
293 |
|
Castlepollard |
206 |
19 |
2 |
227 |
|
Castlerea |
268 |
17 |
285 |
|
|
Cavan |
1,088 |
60 |
1 |
1,149 |
|
Claremorris |
229 |
22 |
251 |
|
|
Clifden |
166 |
11 |
1 |
178 |
|
Clonakilty |
129 |
16 |
1 |
146 |
|
Clondalkin |
1,712 |
126 |
2 |
1,840 |
|
Clones |
114 |
9 |
123 |
|
|
Clonmel |
531 |
44 |
3 |
578 |
|
Cobh |
197 |
15 |
2 |
214 |
|
Coolock |
1,030 |
87 |
1 |
1,118 |
|
Cork |
2,894 |
241 |
9 |
3,144 |
|
Dingle |
68 |
18 |
86 |
|
|
Donegal |
219 |
45 |
3 |
267 |
|
Drogheda |
1,121 |
87 |
3 |
1,211 |
|
Dundalk |
1,312 |
79 |
4 |
1,395 |
|
Dunfanaghy |
249 |
14 |
263 |
|
|
Dungarvan |
335 |
31 |
2 |
368 |
|
Dungloe |
271 |
17 |
4 |
292 |
|
Dun Laoghaire |
783 |
84 |
7 |
874 |
|
Edenderry |
447 |
41 |
488 |
|
|
Ennis |
861 |
60 |
4 |
925 |
|
Enniscorthy |
832 |
57 |
1 |
890 |
|
Ennistymon |
229 |
21 |
250 |
|
|
Fermoy |
398 |
29 |
427 |
|
|
Finglas |
1,134 |
84 |
3 |
1,221 |
|
Galway |
1,697 |
156 |
7 |
1,860 |
|
Gorey |
644 |
45 |
4 |
693 |
|
Gort |
194 |
27 |
221 |
|
|
Kells |
310 |
14 |
4 |
328 |
|
Kenmare |
52 |
15 |
67 |
|
|
Kilbarrack |
817 |
85 |
7 |
909 |
|
Kilkenny |
896 |
56 |
1 |
953 |
|
Killarney |
267 |
44 |
1 |
312 |
|
Killorglin |
163 |
23 |
1 |
187 |
|
Killybegs |
148 |
40 |
1 |
189 |
|
Kilmallock |
382 |
30 |
5 |
417 |
|
Kilrush |
263 |
12 |
275 |
|
|
Kings Inns Street |
1,144 |
90 |
12 |
1,246 |
|
Kinsale |
91 |
16 |
2 |
109 |
|
Letterkenny |
1,362 |
58 |
3 |
1,423 |
|
Limerick |
2,397 |
124 |
4 |
2,525 |
|
Listowel |
471 |
19 |
2 |
492 |
|
Longford |
879 |
55 |
3 |
937 |
|
Loughrea |
351 |
37 |
388 |
|
|
Macroom |
206 |
22 |
1 |
229 |
|
Mallow |
421 |
30 |
451 |
|
|
Manorhamilton |
117 |
5 |
122 |
|
|
Maynooth |
900 |
124 |
12 |
1,036 |
|
Midleton |
335 |
41 |
5 |
381 |
|
Monaghan |
304 |
38 |
3 |
345 |
|
Muine Bheag |
282 |
18 |
1 |
301 |
|
Mullingar |
888 |
61 |
2 |
951 |
|
Navan |
793 |
56 |
10 |
859 |
|
Navan Road |
993 |
60 |
4 |
1,057 |
|
Nenagh |
460 |
32 |
4 |
496 |
|
Newbridge |
1,558 |
127 |
10 |
1,695 |
|
Newcastle west |
489 |
40 |
2 |
531 |
|
Newmarket |
222 |
29 |
4 |
255 |
|
New Ross |
520 |
35 |
6 |
561 |
|
Nutgrove |
575 |
87 |
10 |
672 |
|
Portarlington |
657 |
30 |
2 |
689 |
|
Portlaoise |
786 |
66 |
6 |
858 |
|
Rathdowney |
191 |
13 |
1 |
205 |
|
Roscommon |
219 |
17 |
1 |
237 |
|
Roscrea |
239 |
15 |
1 |
255 |
|
Skibbereen |
165 |
20 |
185 |
|
|
Sligo |
787 |
58 |
4 |
849 |
|
Swinford |
248 |
11 |
1 |
260 |
|
Swords |
620 |
97 |
6 |
723 |
|
Tallaght |
2,212 |
147 |
5 |
2,364 |
|
Thomas Street |
752 |
35 |
787 |
|
|
Thomastown |
210 |
14 |
1 |
225 |
|
Thurles |
518 |
46 |
5 |
569 |
|
Tipperary |
284 |
15 |
3 |
302 |
|
Tralee |
918 |
65 |
2 |
985 |
|
Trim |
487 |
40 |
4 |
531 |
|
Tuam |
491 |
27 |
1 |
519 |
|
Tubbercurry |
152 |
15 |
1 |
168 |
|
Tulla |
199 |
12 |
211 |
|
|
Tullamore Control Office |
784 |
44 |
6 |
834 |
|
Tullow |
241 |
22 |
5 |
268 |
|
Waterford |
1,763 |
122 |
12 |
1,897 |
|
Westport |
225 |
24 |
2 |
251 |
|
Wexford |
1,105 |
94 |
1 |
1,200 |
|
Wicklow |
374 |
26 |
2 |
402 |
|
Youghal |
252 |
20 |
2 |
274 |
|
Total live register |
68,709 |
5,338 |
342 |
74,389 |
