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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 June 2018

Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Questions (605)

Maureen O'Sullivan

Question:

605. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the assistance available for young persons to train and gain employment in public projects in their local area (details supplied). [28065/18]

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Dublin City Council have advised my Department that they are in the process of making an application for planning permission to demolish the former Ballymun Shopping Centre.  The City Council hope to have a contractor appointed later this year.  While every effort will be made to use local labour, demolition contracts require specialist skills and training pertaining to machine driving, asbestos removal, demolition general operative duties and security.

Ballymun Job Centre (BJC), which was established in 1986 as a community response to a chronic unemployment situation, provides a wide range of services in the community. BJC has a long history of innovative approaches to dealing with youth unemployment, including the highly successful Ballyrunners Programme, and the EQUAL Youth Project.  It also delivers the Local Employment Service in Ballymun.  Dublin City Council is happy to engage with the BJC and Poppintree Youth Project to see if existing programmes meet the needs of the young persons engaged in Poppintree Youth Project and to assist in the development of other programmes if required. 

The Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme in the Ballymun Area is delivered by the Dublin North West Area Partnership. A core objective of this programme is to engage with groups/individuals and residents of disadvantaged communities. SICAP, responsibility for which rests with my colleague, the Minister for Rural and Community Development, aims to support those who are unemployed but who do not fall within mainstream employment service provision through employment or self-employment and in doing so provide them with the skills needed in order to access and create social enterprise opportunities.

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