Job Initiatives

Thursday, 28 June 2012

Ceisteanna (121)

John Lyons

Ceist:

125 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the take-up of employer job PRSI incentive scheme by employers; if she will provide the figures of the number of jobs created under the scheme; and if it is possible to provide this information on a constituency or area-specific basis. [31511/12]

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Minister for Social Protection (Deputy Joan Burton)

The employer job PRSI incentive scheme allows an employer who employs an additional member of staff, who had been unemployed for 6 months or more, to be exempted from paying employers' PRSI for 18 months. The job must be new and additional, be for at least 30 hours a week and last for at least six months. In 2010, a total of 736 employers were awarded exemptions in respect of 1,202 employees. A total of 660 employers were awarded exemptions in respect of 923 employees in 2011. To date in 2012, 239 employers have been awarded exemptions in respect of 311 employees. A breakdown by county is detailed in table 1 and 2.

Table 1 shows a breakdown by county of employers approved for the scheme since 2010:

Table 1

County	Employers 2010	Employers 2011	Employers 2012
Carlow	10	11	6
Cavan	18	12	5
Clare	28	21	6
Cork	76	71	29
Donegal	27	23	4
Dublin	193	177	71
Galway	46	45	10
Kerry	19	18	4
Kildare	26	23	8
Kilkenny	13	14	8
Laois	5	4	3
Leitrim	10	4	1
Limerick	31	39	8
Longford	4	4	1
Louth	24	17	12
Mayo	14	12	9
Meath	27	17	11
Monaghan	20	15	5
Offaly	11	11	2
Roscommon	9	6	4
Sligo	22	25	3
Tipperary	24	19	9
Waterford	19	15	8
Westmeath	13	15	5
Wexford	30	20	6
Wicklow	17	22	1
Total	736	660	239

Table 2 shows a breakdown by county of employees approved for this scheme since 2010:

Table 2

County	Employees 2010	Employees 2011	Employees 2012
Carlow	27	11	13
Cavan	34	20	7
Clare	35	35	8
Cork	141	120	44
Donegal	46	38	5
Dublin	303	231	87
Galway	99	50	12
Kerry	25	26	4
Kildare	32	39	9
Kilkenny	16	14	9
Laois	5	4	3
Leitrim	12	4	1
Limerick	63	52	9
Longford	9	6	1
Louth	33	22	15
Mayo	15	18	15
Meath	37	24	17
Monaghan	28	19	5
Offaly	13	15	2
Roscommon	19	7	4
Sligo	37	41	5
Tipperary	51	27	10
Waterford	41	23	12
Westmeath	23	15	5
Wexford	32	33	8
Wicklow	26	29	1
Total	1,202	923	311