Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 July 2014
363. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the increase or reduction that took place in the number of persons in receipt of unemployment payments or on activation schemes between March 2011 and June 2012, broken down between those above and below 25 years of age; the reason for these trends; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32514/14]
View answerThe reason for trends in recipient and participant numbers on schemes is not routinely collated by my Department. Seasonal variations are large in the schemes highlighted by the Deputy, and thus June 2011 numbers are included to highlight such variations. The Central Statistics Office publishes a monthly breakdown of the number of persons who are on activation schemes, but does not report an age breakdown for these schemes. I have for the Deputy’s convenience detailed the number of activation scheme participants by scheme at March 2011, June 2011 and June 2012 in the attached tabular statement. The introduction of new employment schemes had a significant impact on participant numbers in this period.
With regard to the number of persons in receipt of unemployment payments I have also detailed the number of recipients broken down by age (under 25 years and 25 years and over) and scheme in the tabular statement.
Activation Scheme Participants
Source: www.cso.ie
|
- |
Scheme |
March 2011 |
June 2011 |
June 2012 |
|
- |
Back to work allowance scheme - employee strand |
632 |
480 |
44 |
|
- |
Back to work enterprise allowance scheme - self-employed strand |
8,789 |
9,601 |
11,062 |
|
- |
Short-term Enterprise Allowance |
1,206 |
1,229 |
1,175 |
|
- |
DSP Part-time Job Incentive |
161 |
161 |
190 |
|
- |
TUS - community work placement initiative |
- |
- |
4,363 |
|
- |
JobBridge |
- |
- |
4,899 |
|
- |
Community employment schemes (excluding supervisors) |
21,822 |
21,937 |
21,545 |
|
- |
FAS full time training for unemployed people |
8,663 |
9,407 |
8,783 |
|
- |
Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS)* |
5,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
|
- |
Back to Education Allowance |
24,749 |
6,472 |
4,855 |
|
- |
Total activation programmes |
71,022 |
54,287 |
61,916 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
Unemployment Payment Recipients |
|
- |
Under 25 years |
59,137 |
62,651 |
61,452 |
|
Jobseeker’s Allowance |
25 years and over |
209,667 |
224,675 |
241,792 |
|
- |
Under 25 years |
10,066 |
9,483 |
6,322 |
|
Jobseeker’s Benefit |
25 years and over |
106,538 |
99,883 |
85,838 |
*Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS): VTOS figures are estimated at 5,000 each year.
