Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 February 2015
58. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form for 2014 a list of all education, training, internship and activation schemes for recipients of a jobseeker's payment; the number of persons attending each scheme; and if recipients of the jobseeker's allowance attending the scheme are categorised as employed for the purposes of the live register while participating in the programme. [5257/15]
View answerI have provided in tabular format (at end November 2014) a list of education, training, and internship and activation schemes for recipients of a jobseeker's payment, and the number of persons attending each scheme.
It is to be noted that the number of people involved in such programmes is largely unchanged over the period 2012-2015.
These participants are not necessarily all former recipients of jobseekers’ payments; a minority of those involved may have qualified to participate because of receipt of other payments (for example, Disability Allowance or a lone parents’ payment).
Participants on these programmes may be categorised as employed, or in education/training, or engaged in an internship, depending on the nature of the specific programme involved. All are, however, excluded from the Live Register whilst participating in the programme.
ACTIVATION PROGRAMMES
|
- |
Number of participants** |
|
Back to Work schemes |
|
|
Back to work allowance scheme - employee strand |
5 |
|
Back to work enterprise allowance scheme - self-employed strand |
11009 |
|
Short-term enterprise allowance |
492 |
|
Total |
11506 |
|
Other Activation programmes |
|
|
Other activation programmes - DSP part-time job incentive |
393 |
|
Other activation programmes - TUS - community work placement initiative |
7860 |
|
Other activation programmes - JobBridge |
6742 |
|
Total |
14995 |
|
Back to Education courses |
|
|
Back to education courses - vocational training opportunities scheme (VTOS) |
5000 |
|
Back to education courses - back to education allowance (BTEA) |
22714 |
|
Total |
27714 |
|
Other schemes/training |
|
|
Community employment schemes (excluding supervisors) |
23035 |
|
FAS full time training for unemployed people |
8910 |
|
TOTAL ACTIVATION PROGRAMMES |
86160 |
** As at end November 2014
