Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 March 2021
1050. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the absolute and relative number of persons who have successfully entered employment after participating in the community employment programme in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15944/21]
View answer1051. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the absolute and relative number of persons who have returned to social protection payments after participating in the community employment programme in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15945/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 1050 and 1051 together.
Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed-term basis.
The table below identifies those individuals who have successfully entered employment and those that have returned to a social protection payment having ended their participation on CE between 2015 and 2019. The figures for 2020 will be available in the coming period.
