Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 July 2016
397. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding of the community employment programme 2015 under the headings in budget and actual amounts in participant allowances, supervision, materials and training, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21962/16]
View answerCommunity Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged with an opportunity to engage in part-time work and training within their communities on a temporary, fixed-term basis.
The CE budget allocation for 2016 is €376.5m and it allows for 23,752 participants and 1,375 supervisory staff. Details of the funding in 2015, under the headings budget and actual amounts in participant allowances, supervision, materials and training is outlined in the following table.
Community Employment 2015 Budget and Expenditure under the Requested Headings
(per CSM December 2015)
|
Description |
2015 Budget € |
2015 Actual € |
Variance € |
|
Participant Allowances |
292,181,452 |
286,541,932 |
-5,639,520 |
|
Supervision |
56,922,181 |
55,357,326 |
-1,564,855 |
|
Materials |
13,500,887 |
13,733,159 |
232,272 |
|
Training |
6,114,334 |
5,954,343 |
-159,991 |
