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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Apr 2024)
Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy. The activation support programme provides funding to local organisations and agencies to implement training and education initiatives. It is focused on the needs of social welfare recipients, and their families, who are very distant from the labour market. There is a plethora of other initiatives that help people to get back into the labour force. The Department makes...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Apr 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister. As she said, the service is demand-led. It comes down to the area manager, the welfare office or the case officer dealing with the people to decide if the applicant is eligible for the service. The Minister has acknowledged in her response that up to 50% of the overall cost is also covered. Does the Department have any intention to review that 50% allocation or will...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Apr 2024)
Heather Humphreys: The expenditure in Cork involved the provision of €59,000 to two organisations: the social and health education project, SHEP, and Cork Education and Training Board. SHEP is an Irish community education and development organisation based in Ballintemple, County Cork. It received funding towards the provision of its certificate of personal development in a number of locations in Cork....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Apr 2024)
Question No. 15 taken with Question No. 9.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Apr 2024)
Social Welfare Schemes
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Apr 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: 14. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who availed of the activation and family support programme in 2022 to fund the cost of training supports and education courses for people on social welfare in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18137/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Apr 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: What is the number of persons who have availed of the activation and family support programme in 2022 to fund the cost of training supports and education courses for people on social welfare in Cork?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Apr 2024)
Heather Humphreys: The Department's activation and family support programme provides funding to assist local organisations and agencies to implement training and education initiatives to address the needs of recipients of welfare payments and their families who are distant from the labour market. The programme is demand-led and is designed to fund one-off projects in response to local customer needs, as...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Apr 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: It goes without saying that we all understand the merits of this programme and would like to see it continue to be funded in the future. I looked at previous parliamentary questions from over the years and was interested to learn that the funding in 2008 was €5.4 million, but in 2012 it was just €2.5 million. It has gradually reduced. The last figure I have in this...