Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2015
138. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Taoiseach the number of jobs that have been created since 2011; the number of these that are labour activation jobs coming under such schemes as Tús – work placement initiative, the rural social scheme, the JobBridge scheme or the community employment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24013/15]
View answerThe Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. The most recent figures available are for Q1 2015.
Table 1 shows the number of persons aged 15 years and over in employment in Q1 of each year from 2011 to 2015 along with the four year change. As Table 1 show the overall stock of persons employed at given points in time, the changes which are calculated using these stock figures depend both on the number of jobs lost and jobs created over the period in question. The QNHS does not record whether a job is newly created.
Table 1 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) Q1 2011-Q1 2015
'000
|
Q1 11 |
Q1 12 |
Q1 13 |
Q1 14 |
Q1 15 |
Four year change |
|
|
In employment |
1,841.8 |
1,825.0 |
1,845.6 |
1,888.2 |
1,929.5 |
87.7 |
Data may be subject to sampling or other survey errors, which are greater in respect of smaller values or estimates of change.
Source: Quarterly National Household Survey, Central Statistics Office.
Reference period: Q1=Jan-Mar.
The Live Register is compiled from returns made for each local office to the Central Statistics Office by the Department of Social Protection. It should be noted that the Live Register is not designed to measure unemployment. It includes part-time workers (those who work up to three days a week), seasonal and casual workers entitled to Jobseeker's Benefit or Allowance.
There were 88,398 people in total engaged on activation schemes run by the Department of Social Protection in April 2015. This is the most recent data available. The people who are engaged in work based activation programmes do not fall under the definition of being unemployed and do not appear in the unemployment estimates as reported by the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) which is the official source of estimates of unemployment in the State.
The primary classification used for these QNHS results is the ILO (International Labour Office) labour force classification. Those engaged in education based activation programmes may or may not be classified as unemployed; depending upon their labour force situation they are classified based on the ILO labour force definition used in the QNHS. The classification for unemployed persons includes those persons who, in the week before the survey, were without work and available for work within the next two weeks, and had taken specific steps, in the preceding four weeks, to find work.
Table 2 shows the number of people engaged on activation schemes in April of each year from 2011 to 2015 along with the four year change.
Table 2 Live Register Activation Programmes April 2011-April 2015
|
April 2011 |
April 2012 |
April 2013 |
April 2014 |
April 2015 |
Four year change |
|
|
Back to Work Schemes |
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|
Back to Work allowance scheme - Employee strand (1) |
572 |
80 |
13 |
7 |
0 |
-572 |
|
Back to Work Enterprise allowance scheme -self employed strand |
9,148 |
11,065 |
10,485 |
10,406 |
11,490 |
2,342 |
|
Short-term Enterprise Allowance (2) |
1,215 |
1,135 |
1,027 |
518 |
461 |
-754 |
|
Total Back to Work payments |
10,935 |
12,280 |
11,525 |
10,931 |
11,951 |
1,016 |
|
Other Activation Programmes |
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|
DSP Part-time Job Incentive |
161 |
193 |
256 |
322 |
401 |
240 |
|
TUS - Community Work Placement Initiative (2011) |
0 |
3,697 |
4,837 |
7,419 |
7,979 |
7,979 |
|
JobBridge (From July 2011) |
0 |
4,594 |
6,030 |
6,750 |
5,895 |
5,895 |
|
Gateway (2013) (3) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
2,082 |
2,082 |
|
Total Other Activation Programmes |
161 |
8,484 |
11,123 |
14,639 |
16,357 |
16,196 |
|
Community Employment Schemes (excluding Supervisors) |
21,968 |
21,787 |
21,188 |
22,961 |
22,999 |
1,031 |
|
FAS Full Time Training for Unemployed People (4) |
8,791 |
9,611 |
9,376 |
8,723 |
7,997 |
-794 |
|
Back to Education Courses |
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|
Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) (5) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) (6) |
24,376 |
24,999 |
27,830 |
23,335 |
24,094 |
-282 |
|
Total Back to Education Courses |
29,376 |
29,999 |
32,830 |
28,335 |
29,094 |
-282 |
|
Total Activation Programmes |
71,231 |
82,161 |
86,042 |
85,589 |
88,398 |
17,167 |
(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 Benefit who wants to start a business.
(3) Gateway Scheme included from December 2013.
(4) Specific Skills Training/Local Training initiative/Traineeship/Return to Work.
(5) VTOS figures are estimated at 5,000 each year.
(6) BTEA figures include all schemes but participants from JA and JB are not entitled to BTEA during the summer holidays. Includes MOMENTUM participants from February 2013.
