At the end of August 2002, there were 32,038 in FÁS employment schemes, including 26,861 in community employment. There were a further 11,094 on training programmes or schemes for the unemployed and job seekers. The corresponding figure for those on FÁS employment schemes for July was 32,499, including 27,420 on community employment, while 12,334 were participating in the various other training programmes or schemes.