Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will make a statement on the recent review of community employment which his Department recently conducted; if he will publish this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35652/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Social Protection completed a report on the Community Employment (CE) Programme in late 2015. This report was completed in the context of the Government’s activation strategy Pathways to Work and meets the Department’s commitment to analysing CE, as the largest employment programme, and to ensuring the delivery of services, value for money and progression of the individual is central to its core objective.

I met with my senior officials who have responsibility for CE schemes to discuss the findings of the review. I hope to be in a position to bring a Memorandum to Government on these matters in the coming weeks. If there are any changes to be made, consultations with stakeholders will be facilitated.