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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. The scheme can play an important role in breaking the cycle of long-term unemployment for some people and improve their chances of employment. In order to qualify for CE, a number of conditions,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 364. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be enhanced opportunities for nursing home residents to meet their family members over December 2020; and the measures in place to deal with the negative impacts on residents' mental health due to visiting restrictions. [40969/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (8 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 378 and 428 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 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. Further to Parliamentary Question No. 419 of 26 November 2020, I can confirm that my Department is currently finalising plans for the distribution of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (9 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Further to Parliamentary Question No. 1580 of 3 November 2020, the Deputy will be aware that my Department understands 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (10 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to ensure Ireland is meeting legal responsibilities under SI No. 285 of 2011 - European Communities Conservation of Wild Birds (Malahide Estuary Special Protection Area 004025) Regulations 2011 in terms of protecting the Malahide Estuary area of special protection. [42735/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (10 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 288. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the situation in Bahrain in which the Government is using revocation of citizenship as a tool of oppression; if he has raised the matter with the Bahraini Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42736/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider permitting music at weddings given that unlike many other social events, they are held in a controlled manner under the Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42689/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (15 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of efforts to secure a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42934/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (15 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Employment (CE) programme is a community centred labour market initiative established for the purposes of social inclusion and activation, to help long-term unemployed people and other vulnerable groups to enter the workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment. These positions are filled on a temporary, fixed term basis. In general, CE placements for new entrants...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (15 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: Poverty Data (15 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 381 and 382 together. The National Social Target for Poverty Reduction remains the headline target in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025, published in January 2020. The Target is to reduce the share of the population in consistent poverty to 2% or less by the end of 2025. The latest data available for this measure is from the 2019 CSO Survey on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Anti-Poverty Strategy (15 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: Community Employment Schemes (16 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Community Employment (CE) supports projects that provide work experience for long term unemployed persons to assist them entering the open labour market on exit from the CE scheme, while at the same time providing valuable community services. These can be in the areas such as social care, childcare services, heritage, arts, culture, tourism, sport and the environment. The programme is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (16 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Employment (CE) materials grant is a contribution towards the running costs of the scheme and covers consumable services and materials necessary for the effective operation of the CE project. Materials funding is provided to CE sponsoring authorities in accordance with their requirements, where necessary and is paid on agreed and receipted expenditure only. The following are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (16 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, CE recruitment does not present an issue for CE sponsoring authorities or the Department however, I recognise...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Volunteering Strategy (17 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I am pleased to advise Deputies that the National Volunteering Strategy was launched on the 5thDecember, which coincided with International Volunteering Day. The purpose of the National Volunteering Strategy is to recognise, support and promote the unique value and contribution of volunteers to Irish society. It also provides an opportunity for Government to acknowledge how important...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector (17 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: My Department's mission is “To promote rural and community development and to support vibrant, inclusive and sustainable communities throughout Ireland". A key part of achieving this mission is regularly reaching out to organisations in the community and voluntary sector through consultation, engagement and outreach regarding the Department's policies and all of our programmes. This...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Men’s and Women’s Sheds make an invaluable contribution to community life in Ireland. My Department provides a range of supports which Men's/Women's Sheds can avail of, some of which provide specifically for costs incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In June, I launched the 2020 Community Enhancement Programmewith funding of €2m. In August, the Department launched a...