Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with respect to the European Globalisation Fund managing authority report for the period 19 December 2011 to 27 January 2012 and specifically in relation to the issue of specific interventions as detailed on page seven and table 3.1 of the report, if he will provide the following information for each of the five categories listed in the table, the number of each interventions that have commenced; the costs allocated under each intervention heading; the expenditure to date under each intervention heading; the number of unique beneficiaries under each heading; and the number of unique interventions under each heading. [10365/12]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Table 3.1 of the Report on the Implementation of the Three EGF Construction Programme for the Period 19th December 2011 to 27th January 2012 refers to the main actions taken by the EGF Construction Contact Centre in respect of eligible persons accessing its services during the period 19th December 2011 to 27th January 2012.

The EGF Construction Contact Centre was established to support redundant construction workers and apprentices notified of their eligibility for EGF support under the three approved EGF construction programmes through information provision and through referral to access specific interventions provided by a range of service providers including Vocational Education Committees, FÁS, public and private education and training providers, and City and County Enterprise Boards.

A more detailed breakdown of the actions referenced in the table is presented in the document set out below.

With regard to the commencement of specific interventions to which eligible persons were referred by the EGF Construction Contact Centre, Table 4.2 of the current report provides figures on the status of the 452 individuals that contacted the EGF Construction Contact Centre up to the 27th January 2012. This table indicates that, on the 27th January 2012, a total of 38 individuals had either enrolled, started, or completed training courses with EGF support during the period 19th December 2011 to 27th January 2012. It also shows that, on the 27th January 2012, a further 257 individuals were being supported by the EGF Construction Contact Centre to access specific interventions but had, on that date, not yet commenced these interventions.

During the period covered by the current report a total of 452 eligible redundant construction workers and apprentices contacted the EGF Construction Contact Centre and 210 of these individuals received a total of 239 specific actions as identified with reference to Table 3.1. The number of unique beneficiaries and unique interventions is set out above.

The Department is not in a position to provide interim status updates or reports at this time. However, the next scheduled monthly report, which will include a status update with regard, inter alia, to the commencement and completion of specific interventions by this cohort, will be provided to the Department for the period to March 2nd 2012 and will be made public. In relation to the costs allocated under specific EGF measures these are presented in the three EGF applications approved by the EU budgetary authorities. The costing breakdown of each specific programme measure as approved is contained in three separate sets of proposed and final Decisions by the European Commission and these documents are publicly available.

Actual expenditure on particular measures, which is dependant on the take-up of measures and so demand led, will be ascertained through the interim and final claims which are duly submitted by service providers to the EGF Managing Authority. To date no claims have been received by the Department.

Table 3.1 Detailed Breakdown Main Actions Taken by EGF Construction Centre in Respect of Eligible Persons Accessing its services