Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. Some CSP projects do pay the living wage and beyond. It is now clearly a social enterprise model. That is the policy. To assist that we have a coaching and mentoring programme that will be put in place under the European Social Fund, ESF, plus social innovation measure to assist organisations to improve their overall performance including financial sustainability.

I will explain the increases in allocations I announced last December. A full-time equivalent at the higher rate of funding would increase from €23,033 to €25,750. The manager's contribution at the higher level would rise from €36,000 to €37,000 and, in addition, the contribution on the medium level of funding has increased from €21,033 to €23,175, and from €34,000 to €35,000 for a manager on the medium level of funding.

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