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Community Employment Schemes Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 March 2018

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Ceisteanna (261)

John Brady

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261. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referrals made to community employment in each of the years 2013 to 2017. [14287/18]

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Freagraí scríofa

I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department does not record the numbers who are referred to Community Employment (CE) centrally but rather the numbers who take up CE.

The following table provides detail on the number of the participants which started each year in the period 2013 – 2017.

Year

Participants

2013

9,614

2014

12,102

2015

11,915

2016

11,010

2017

10,527

The following table outlines the position in relation to the number of persons engaged in Community Employment as at the end of December for each year from 2013 to 2017.

Year

Participants

Supervisors

Total

2013

22,575

1,368

23,943

2014

23,249

1,396

24,645

2015

22,813

1,405

24,218

2016

22,356

1,377

23,733

2017

21,832

1,357

23,189

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

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