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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new special classes that will be established in secondary schools in the 2020-21 school year; and the number of these new classes that are ASD special classes. [39744/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (1 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Employment Programmes such as Community Employment (CE) are labour market programmes that enable long-term unemployed to progress into employment and/or further education and training. Participation limits on these schemes are necessary to allow for the maximum utilisation of places amongst qualifying persons. It is important to note that participation is intended to be for a temporary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (1 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Employment Programmes such as Community Employment (CE) are labour market programmes that enable the long-term unemployed to progress into employment and/or further education and training. Participation limits on these schemes are necessary to allow for the maximum utilisation of places amongst qualifying persons. It is important to note that participation is intended to be for a temporary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (1 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Employment (CE) Scheme 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 Department undertook a series of nationwide consultation workshops with a number of CE scheme sponsoring authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (1 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: At the outset I wish to acknowledge the valuable service that CE supervisors provide in running CE schemes delivering local based community services while providing training and development opportunities to the long-term unemployed and to those often furthest removed from the labour market. As the Deputy will be aware, although the State is not the employer in this instance, Community...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (1 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Employment Programmes such as Community Employment (CE) are labour market programmes that enable long-term unemployed to progress into employment and/or further education and training. Participation limits on these schemes are necessary to allow for the maximum utilisation of places amongst qualifying persons. It is important to note that participation is intended to be for a temporary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Community Employment (CE) projects are typically sponsored by groups wishing to benefit the local community, namely voluntary and community organisations and, to a lesser extent, public bodies involved in not-for-profit activities. Schools are not permitted to sponsor CE schemes and CE participants cannot be employed by or work in schools. This includes the provision of cleaners,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (1 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Rural Social Scheme (RSS) is an income support scheme that provides part-time employment opportunities for farmers and fishermen/women who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments. Communities benefit from the skills and talents of local farmers and fishermen/women and participants have the opportunity to improve existing skills, or develop new skills, while performing this...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Government is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and is committed to working closely with the sector in managing through these, recognising that it will require a whole of Government approach. The Community and Voluntary Sector Covid-19 Stability Fund was intended to be a targeted once-off cash injection for organisations and groups currently delivering...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (1 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Community facilities such as community halls are funded from a range of different sources across different Government Departments and agencies. Some of the supports provided by my Department towards community facilities are outlined below. My Department's Community Services Programme (CSP)supports over 420 community organisations, including community centres. A Support Fund of €1.2m...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector (1 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Government's “Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19” includes the following commitment: “Drawing on the significant volunteer response that has been witnessed since March, a permanent “volunteer reserve corps” will be established in each area, which can be called on by community and voluntary organisations and local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Community groups and organisations are funded from a range of different sources across different Government Departments and agencies. For example, my Department introduced a package of supports for Community and Voluntary Organisations, Charities and Social Enterprises in the context of COVID-19, which included a Stability Fundof up to €35m. To date, funding of just under €31m...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Employment (CE) Scheme 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. During the first phase of the Covid-19 emergency earlier this year, when the most restrictive measures were in place, the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15, 20 and 51 together. At the outset I wish to acknowledge the valuable service that CE supervisors provide in running CE schemes delivering local based community services while providing training and development opportunities to the long-term unemployed and to those often furthest removed from the labour market. As the Deputy will be aware, although the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Reduction (3 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Building on the work of its predecessors, the Roadmap for Social Inclusion aims to reduce the number of people in consistent poverty in Ireland to 2% or less and to position Ireland within the top five countries in the EU across a number of key aspects of social inclusion. While this is ambitious, my Department and the Government are committed to its achievement over the lifetime of this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Community Employment (CE) is a positive initiative that enables the long-term unemployed to make a contribution to their communities whilst up-skilling themselves for employment opportunities that will become available. The CE scheme can play an important role in breaking the cycle of long-term unemployment for some people and improve their chances of employment. As the Deputy may be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Employment (CE) Scheme 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. In general, the period of participation on CE is for one year. However, CE participants who are working towards a major award...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Reduction (3 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Roadmap for Social Inclusion was approved by the previous Government on 9 January 2020 and published on 14 January 2020. It is a whole-of-government strategy with a five year timeframe and a mid-term review at the mid-point, in 2022. This will facilitate an evaluation of the impact of the Roadmap commitments. The Roadmap will build on the work of its predecessors with the aim of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Reduction (3 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: In January 2020, the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025: Ambition, Goals, Commitments was approved by Government and published. The Roadmap is a whole-of-government strategy with a five year timeframe and a mid-term review in 2022 facilitate an evaluation of the impact of the Roadmap commitments. The Roadmap will build on the work of its predecessors with the aim of reducing the number...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Employment (CE) Scheme 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. A number of new conditions were introduced to the CE Scheme in July 2017 to further support progression to employment, broaden...