Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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Question 185: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the part-time work related training which is offered by FÁS to lone parents under the age of 25; and if there are plans to develop a training intervention to meet the needs of this disadvantaged group. [2422/05]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Lone parents can participate on all FÁS training and employment programmes, some of which are delivered on a part-time basis. According to FÁS, 9,685 lone parents completed training and employment programmes in 2004. Some 91% of them completed employment programmes such as community employment or job initiative. Some 254, or 3%, of the lone parents on employment programmes were under 25 years of age, 46% were between 25 and 34, 35% were between 35 and 44 and the remaining 16% were 45 years or over. In 2005, FÁS plan to conduct a customer survey of lone parents' experience of FÁS services. Arising from this survey, specific interventions for lone parents will be considered.