Written answers
Tuesday, 17 February 2004
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Community Employment Schemes
10:00 pm
Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Kerry South, Labour)
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Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of participants in community employment in County Kerry; the number of participants at the end of the years 2001, 2002 and 2003; the reasons for the reduction in the number of participants in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4828/04]
Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The allocation of community employment places on a county-by-county basis is a matter for FÃS and I have no function in the matter. In accordance with the Government's decision in 1999 to restructure community employment, participation levels have gradually been reduced in line with reductions in long-term unemployment and a strategic shift in policy in favour of training and other more appropriate supports.
Year-end participation levels on CE for the past three years are as follows:
| Year | Year-end places |
| 2001 | 30,809 |
| 2002 | 24,991 |
| 2003 | 19,848 |
No further reduction in participation levels is targeted in 2004.
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