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Community Employment Schemes

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 March 2021

Wednesday, 24 March 2021

Questions (992)

Michael Creed

Question:

992. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons availing of the community employment scheme that are in receipt of a qualifying disability payment or have been classified as having a disability in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14885/21]

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In Budget 2012, it was announced that entitlement to a Community Employment payment and another Department of Social Protection payment at the same time would be phased out. From January 2012, new participants on the Community Employment scheme were no longer able to claim another social welfare payment at the same time. My Department does not retain data on whether a person has a disability and so I am unable to answer this part of the Deputy's  question.  Information in relation to current Community Employment participants who entered the scheme from  Illness and Disability schemes is set out in the table below.

From

 Feb-21

Dec-20 

Dec-19 

Dec-18 

Disability Allowance / Blind Persons Pension

624 

623 

672 

612 

Illness Benefit

604 

612 

738 

937 

Invalidity Pension

71 

72 

99 

111  

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