Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 March 2014
262. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been allocated to each local authority to support the gateway local authority activation scheme; if he will outline same on an authority basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10329/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy colleague the Minister for Social Protection has put in place an initiative called Gateway to provide short-term quality working opportunities in local authorities for those on the live register for a minimum of two years. Gateway is fulfilling the obligation in the Government’s programmes Pathways to Work and the Action Plan for Jobs which sets out specific commitments to widen and deepen the way in which local authorities support labour market activation schemes. The recruitment process is currently underway in most local authority areas and it is anticipated that there will be 3,000 placements in local authorities by end 2014. As Gateway is providing short-term quality and suitable work opportunities for unemployed people who are economically, educationally or socially disadvantaged while at the same time assisting in their personal, educational and social development by carrying out beneficial work within communities, €2m has been allocated from the Dormant Accounts Fund , in 2014, to support the training and equipment needs of the Gateway participants placed within local authorities. Payments to individual local authorities will be made on the basis of placements provided and taken up by participants locally.
Following discussions with the County and City Managers’ Association, each local authority has been assigned a provisional target for placements relative to its size, as set out in the following table. The emphasis is on meeting the sectoral target of 3,000 nationally and accordingly there is a degree of flexibility in the attainment of the local targets, having regard to differences in scale, demand and capacity at local level.
|
Local Authority |
Local Authority Target |
|
Carlow County Council |
55 |
|
Cavan County Council |
55 |
|
Clare County Council |
80 |
|
Cork City Council |
110 |
|
Cork County Council |
215 |
|
Donegal County Council |
80 |
|
Fingal County Council |
215 |
|
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council |
110 |
|
Dublin City Council |
295 |
|
Galway City Council |
55 |
|
Galway County Council |
80 |
|
Kerry County Council |
80 |
|
Kildare County Council |
110 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
80 |
|
Laois County Council |
55 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
55 |
|
Limerick Local Authorities |
110 |
|
Longford County Council |
55 |
|
Louth County Council |
80 |
|
Mayo County Council |
80 |
|
Meath County Council |
110 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
55 |
|
Offaly County Council |
55 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
55 |
|
Sligo County Council |
55 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
215 |
|
Tipperary Local Authorities |
80 |
|
Waterford Local Authorities |
80 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
80 |
|
Wexford County Council |
80 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
80 |
|
Total |
3,000 |
