Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 July 2015
90. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the capacity of the EmployAbility service to accommodate an extra 1,000 persons. [27496/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe EmployAbility service supports people with disabilities who wish to take up employment. The budget for 2015 provides €9.6 million to run the service. The average cost of providing support through the service is €2,900 per customer, so if the service was expanded to support an additional 1,000 customers, the estimated additional annual cost would be €2.9 million.
