I set out in the following table a breakdown of monies allocated in employment programmes by the Department in Co. Donegal from 2008 to 2013.
-Project Start Year
|
Community Employment (CE)
|
Job Initiative (JI)
|
Rural Social Scheme (RSS)
|
Tús
|
Community Services Programme (CSP)
|
Annual Total
|
2008
|
17,091,526
|
1,527,603
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
2,518,034
|
21,137,163
|
2009
|
18,421,091
|
1,403,436
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
3,043,625
|
22,868,152
|
2010
|
18,769,684
|
1,118,881
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
2,781,426
|
22,669,991
|
2011
|
18,618,883
|
1,141,563
|
98,320
|
101,700
|
3,103,923
|
23,064,389
|
2012
|
16,407,154
|
998,426
|
117,100
|
253,452
|
3,214,171
|
20,990,303
|
2013
|
17,903,038
|
1,065,601
|
103,000
|
272,476
|
2,858,930
|
22,203,045
|
Total by Programme
|
107,211,376
|
7,255,510
|
318,420
|
627,628
|
17,520,109
|
132,933,043
|
In the context of the above table, it should be noted that (i) responsibility for the RSS transferred to the Department in September 2010. Expenditure breakdown figures prior to this date are not available to this Department, and (ii) Tús was not established until 2011.