Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 July 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter - 24 Supplementary Welfare Allowance

1:05 pm

Mr. Niamh O'Donoghue:

As with any pilot scheme, we try to engage on a particular basis to see if there is a positive impact and learn from it. We can see if it is a question of replication or doing something else based on experience. I understand there will be approximately 90 young people involved per month in the Ballymun pilot scheme and the thrust is that we work with a range of groups in the area and in a joined-up fashion as much as we possibly can.