Community Employment Schemes Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 July 2019

Tuesday, 23 July 2019

Questions (2683, 2684)

Mary Butler

Question:

2683. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of the community employment programme for the past five years to the end of the second quarter of 2019, by budgeted versus actual costs under the headings "participants' wages", "supervisory wages", "materials costs" and "training costs" in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31835/19]

Mary Butler

Question:

2684. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community employment participants, supervisors and assistant supervisors on the community employment programme at the end of June 2019, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31836/19]

Written answers

Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection

I propose to take Questions Nos. 2683 and 2684 together.

The aim of the Community Employment (CE) programme is to enhance the employability of unemployed persons by providing work experience and training opportunities for them within their communities. Its objective is to help long-term unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce.

Table 1 below shows the CE budget for the years 2014 to 2019.

Table 2 sets out the actual costs for participant wages, supervisors' wages, material and training costs for the years 2014 to 2018, and up to the end of June 2019.

Table 3 shows the number of participants and supervisors, by county, on the 911 CE projects as at the end of June 2019. Overall, there are 21,367 participants, 1,074 supervisors and 240 assistant supervisors.

I hope this information is of assistance to the Deputy.

Table 1

-	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Total Budget €	357.5m	373.3m	376.5m	354.27m	350.03m	345.115m

Table 2

-	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019 (to end June)
Participant wages	278m	285m	282m	278m	285m	140.5m
Supervisor wages	55m	55.4m	54.9m	53.6m	53.35m	25.75m
Materials costs	13m	13.7m	13.9m	13m	13.3m	6.45m
Training costs	5.03m	6.03m	5.91m	5.66m	5.73m	2.42m
Total spend	351.03	360.13	356.71m	350.26m	357.38	175.12

Table 3

County	Participants	Supervisor	Assistant Supervisor	Totals	Projects
CARLOW	390	20	2	412	15
CAVAN	317	13	5	335	12
CLARE	457	26	5	488	24
CORK	1,959	98	8	2,065	80
DONEGAL	1,104	50	4	1,158	47
DUBLIN	4,517	254	79	4,850	197
GALWAY	1,299	64	16	1,379	59
KERRY	1,001	45	4	1,050	43
KILDARE	775	38	6	819	30
KILKENNY	494	21	8	523	19
LAOIS	295	15	0	310	14
LEITRIM	196	9	1	206	7
LIMERICK	1,240	61	11	1,312	50
LONGFORD	286	16	3	305	13
LOUTH	745	29	13	787	26
MAYO	725	38	11	774	35
MEATH	490	21	8	519	18
MONAGHAN	390	12	5	407	10
OFFALY	415	18	6	439	18
ROSCOMMON	241	16	0	257	14
SLIGO	441	26	2	469	19
TIPPERARY	824	43	8	875	42
WATERFORD	701	35	9	745	33
WESTMEATH	557	26	8	591	21
WEXFORD	973	52	10	1,035	44
WICKLOW	535	28	8	571	21
TOTALS	21,367	1,074	240	22,681	911