Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2015
209. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the savings that community employment schemes are making to the health budget, in view of the number of persons, with both physical and mental disabilities, who are engaged on the schemes that provide rehabilitation. [25077/15]
View answerThe savings to the health budget attributable to services provided by Community Employment (CE) schemes is a matter for the Department of Health.
There are approximately 2,650 health and social care places currently on CE as at the end of May 2015. These CE places are filled by persons on jobseeker's allowance, one-parent family payment and persons on a disability-related payment e.g. disability allowance and invalidity pension.
