Community Employment Schemes Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 May 2017

Tuesday, 16 May 2017

Questions (266)

Thomas P. Broughan

Question:

266. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment scheme placements in Dublin 5, 13 and 17, respectively, that are vacant and waiting to be filled; the number of placements that have been vacant for more than two months, six months, nine months and more than a year, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22937/17]

Written answers

Minister for Social Protection

It is not possible to identity how long individual posts in particular Community Employment Schemes have been vacant. CE Participants are employees of the Sponsor Board of the particular CE scheme and the deployment of CE participants to a particular post is the function of that employer. Please see the table detailing the vacancies from July 2016 to March 2017. Ongoing efforts are made to fill vacant posts across the Dublin North area notably through recruitment at local CE Fairs and also the weekly notification of vacancies to Activation Case Offices and other staff in Intreo Centres.

These Community Employment programme is one of a number the government funded schemes that provide part-time temporary work in local communities, as a stepping-stone back to employment. These placements are designed to break the cycle of unemployment and maintain work readiness, thereby improving a person’s opportunities of returning to the labour market or getting a job for the first time. While the live register has fallen support for work programmes has been maintained.

Recently the Government approved the implementation of a number of changes to the terms and conditions of participation on CE. The main purpose of these changes is to broaden the availability of CE to a greater number of people on the live register and to standardise other conditions around the length of time a person can participate on the scheme.

Table 1

County Dublin	Sum of Approved Participants	Sum of Current Participants	Vacancies	Variance%
Mar-17
Area	Participant No.s Approved	Sum of Current Participants
Dublin 13	68	54	14	20.59
Dublin 17	451	352	99	21.95
Dublin 5	259	197	62	23.94
Grand Total	778	603	175	22.49
Feb-17
Area	Participant No.s Approved	Sum of Current participants	Vacancies	Variance%
Dublin 13	68	56	12	17.65
Dublin 17	451	352	99	21.95
Dublin 5	259	200	59	22.78
Grand Total	778	608	170	21.85
Jan-17
Area	Participant No.s Approved	Sum of Current participants	Vacancies	Variance%
Dublin 13	68	54	14	20.59
Dublin 17	451	345	106	23.50
Dublin 5	259	206	53	20.46
Grand Total	778	605	173	22.24
Dec-16
Area	Participant No.s Approved	Sum of Current participants	Vacancies	Variance%
Dublin 13	68	53	15	22.06
Dublin 17	451	357	94	20.84
Dublin 5	268	211	57	21.27
Grand Total	787	621	166	21.09
Nov-16
Area	Participant No.s Approved	Sum of Current participants	Vacancies	Variance%
Dublin 13	68	52	16	23.53
Dublin 17	451	353	98	21.73
Dublin 5	268	218	50	18.66
Grand Total	787	623	164	20.84
Oct-16
Area	Participant No.s Approved	Sum of Current participants	Vacancies	Variance%
Dublin 13	68	54	14	20.59
Dublin 17	451	351	100	22.17
Dublin 5	268	212	56	20.90
Grand Total	787	617	170	21.60
Sep-16
Area	Participant No.s Approved	Sum of Current participants	Vacancies	Variance%
Dublin 13	68	57	11	16.18
Dublin 17	451	366	85	18.85
Dublin 5	268	212	56	20.90
Grand Total	787	635	152	19.31
Aug-16
Area	Participant No.s Approved	Sum of Current participants	Vacancies	Variance%
Dublin 13	68	57	11	16.18
Dublin 17	451	380	71	15.74
Dublin 5	268	221	47	17.54
Grand Total	787	658	129	16.39
Jul-16
Area	Participant No.s Approved	Sum of Current participants	Vacancies	Variance %
Dublin 13	68	59	9	13.24
Dublin 17	451	391	60	13.30
Dublin 5	268	221	47	17.54
Grand Total	787	671	116	14.74

I trust that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.