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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Employment Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Brien: My Department's Community Services Programme (CSP) supports over 430 community-based organisations, to provide local services through a social enterprise model. CSP provides an annual co-funding contribution of €19,033 for each full-time equivalent (FTE) position being supported, and, where warranted, €32,000 towards the cost of employing a manager. The CSP contribution is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Brien: Under the terms of the settlement that we agreed with the unions late last year on reaching retirement age, eligible CE supervisors and assistant supervisors will receive a once-off ex gratiapayment in respect of time employed in the CE scheme since 2008. People who have retired since 2008, who have reached retirement age, are now eligible to apply for the payment. In recent months, an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Schemes (6 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Brien: The Rural Social Scheme (RSS) is an income support initiative that provides part-time employment opportunities in the community and voluntary organisations for farmers or fisherman and woman who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments and who are underemployed in their primary occupation. The RSS is funded by the Department of Social Protection and delivered by a network of local...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (6 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Brien: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis. Participation on the scheme is part time - 19.5 hours per week. Currently payment rates on CE are related to the underlying value of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (6 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Brien: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of neurology nurse specialists currently employed at Beaumont Hospital; if there are plans to increase this number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49296/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Policy (5 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Brien: Pobal works on behalf of Government to support communities and local agencies toward achieving social inclusion and development. As part of this service, they have developed 'Pobal Maps', a free Geographical Information System (GIS) informed by census data which provides a range of functions, such as area deprivation profiling, details on Childcare Services, plus a range of other funded...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Pensions (4 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 418 and 443 together. As the Deputy is aware, Community Employment (CE) supervisors and CE assistant supervisors sought for several years through their union representatives, SIPTU and Forsa, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme for CE supervisors and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (4 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Brien: My Department's Community Services Programme (CSP) supports over 430 community-based organisations, to provide local services through a social enterprise model, by providing an annual co-funding contribution of €19,033 for each full-time equivalent (FTE) position being supported, and, where warranted, €32,000 towards the cost of employing a manager. The CSP contribution is not...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Crime Prevention (4 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Brien: The allocation for the Seniors Alert Scheme for 2023 is €2.3m. As this is a demand led scheme, it will be kept under continuous review by my Department to ensure adequate funding can be made available to meet the requirements of all qualifying applicants. There is also provision under the Dormant Accounts Fund Action Plan for funding to meet the additional and exceptional demands of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Pensions (29 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Brien: As the Deputy is aware, Community Employment (CE) supervisors and CE assistant supervisors sought for several years through their union representatives, SIPTU and Forsa, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme for CE supervisors and CE assistant supervisors who are employed by CE scheme...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Brien: As Minister of State with responsibility for social inclusion in the Department of Social Protection, I welcome the findings of the budget 2023 expenditure report, which sets out how the measures taken in this year's budget have prioritised protecting the most vulnerable members of our society against the rising cost of living. This was published as part of the budget day documentation. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Brien: As the Deputy is aware, Community Employment (CE) supervisors and CE assistant supervisors sought  for several years through their union representatives, SIPTU and Forsa, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme for CE supervisors and CE assistant supervisors who are employed by CE scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Brien: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis. The programme is delivered through independent CE sponsoring authorities who are the legal employers of their CE supervisors, CE...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Brien: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis. Participation on the scheme is part time - 19.5 hours per week. There are currently just over 18,700 participants on CE. In order to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (27 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Brien: The aim of the Community Employment (CE) programme is to enhance the employability of disadvantaged and long-term unemployed people by providing work experience and training opportunities for them within their local communities. The programme aims to improve participants' opportunities to return to work in the labour market. As the economy and society emerged from COVID, it was clear...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Brien: I thank the Deputy for his question. A review of the community employment scheme was published just before Christmas last year. We have initiated a number of changes to eligibility for the scheme, both late last year and again this year, to ensure services are in a position to continue throughout the country. This year also saw the end of a very long story involving community employment...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (22 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Brien: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing the criteria of the bike-to-work scheme to allow for second-hand bikes to be purchased under the scheme, in the context of the Government’s new circular on economy priorities. [46411/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Budget 2023 (22 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Brien: My Department’s Community Services Programme (CSP) currently supports over 430 community organisations to provide employment opportunities and the delivery of a diverse range of local services, through a social enterprise model. The CSP contribution is not aligned to the minimum wage and does not meet the full salary cost of supported posts, rather it is a fixed annual contribution...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (22 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Brien: My Department’s Community Services Programme (CSP) currently supports over 430 community organisations to provide employment opportunities and the delivery of a diverse range of local services, through a social enterprise model. The CSP contribution is not aligned to the minimum wage and does not meet the full salary cost of supported manager posts, rather it is a fixed annual...