Seanad debates

Wednesday, 13 November 2002

Community Employment Schemes: Motion.

 

We are right to acknowledge the difficulty at the core of community employment, namely, that it does two separate things. In the first instance, it is a labour market intervention intended to provide training and experience and allow for progression into full-time employment. On the other hand, it is also a means by which voluntary groups provide services to the community. However, whenever we evaluate the schemes, as Deloitte & Touche did a couple of years ago and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment does on a regular basis, we almost always do so purely in terms of its labour market impact. This is a core problem.

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