Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 February 2015
160. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if the 2,635 jobseekers who have commenced on a Momentum programme in 2014 are included in the Central Statistics Office's live register activation programme figures; the scheme under which they are classified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6827/15]
View answerThe number of people availing of a range of programmes targeted primarily at the long-term unemployed (over 12 months) and other welfare recipients (including Lone Parents) is provided for December 2013 and 2014 in the following table. Participants in the Momentum scheme are included in the figures under the Back to Education Allowance (BTEA). Persons on activation programmes are not counted as part of the monthly Live Register.
Live Register Activation Programmes
|
- |
December 2013 |
December 2014 |
Annual change |
|
Back to Work Schemes |
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|
Back to Work allowance scheme - Employee strand1 |
11 |
3 |
-8 |
|
Back to Work Enterprise allowance scheme -self employed strand |
10,098 |
11,166 |
1,068 |
|
Short-term Enterprise Allowance2 |
583 |
479 |
-104 |
|
Total Back to Work payments |
10,692 |
11,648 |
956 |
|
Other Activation Programmes |
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|
DSP Part-time Job Incentive |
312 |
397 |
85 |
|
TUS - Community Work Placement Initiative (2011) |
7,108 |
7,877 |
769 |
|
JobBridge (2011) |
6,483 |
6,371 |
-112 |
|
Total Other Activation Programmes |
13,903 |
14,645 |
742 |
|
Community Employment Schemes (excluding Supervisors) |
22,575 |
23,249 |
674 |
|
FAS Full Time Training for Unemployed People(3) |
8,996 |
8,771 |
-225 |
|
Back to Education Courses |
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Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS)4 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Back to Education Allowance (BTEA)5 |
24,996 |
22,714 |
-2,282 |
|
Total Back to Education Courses |
29,996 |
27,714 |
-2,282 |
|
Total Activation Programmes |
86,162 |
86,027 |
-135 |
1 This scheme was closed to new applications from 1st May 2009.
2 This scheme was introduced from 1st May 2009. It provides immediate support for someone in receipt of Jobseekers.
3 Specific Skiills Training/Local Training initiative/Traineeship/Return to Work.
4 VTOS figures are estimated at 5,000 each year.
5 BTEA figures include all schemes but participants from JA & JB are not entitled to BTEA during the summer holidays.
Includes MOMENTUM participants from February 2013.
