Written answers

Tuesday, 12 April 2005

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Community Employment Schemes

9:00 pm

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath, Fine Gael)
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Question 497: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of places provided for in drug related community employment projects; the number of such employment places currently filled and unfilled; the efforts made to ensure that there is a full take up of such schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10615/05]

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath, Fine Gael)
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Question 498: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of training and employment opportunities for drug misusers provided by FÁS through community employment schemes each year from 2001 to 2004 inclusive; if the target of a 30% increase in the number of such opportunities as set out in the National Drugs Strategy has been reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10616/05]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 497 and 498 together.

FÁS policy is to respond positively to the demand for places on community employment, CE, from persons referred to it by the national drugs task force. The number of places filled for this purpose from 2001 to 2004 inclusive, is as follows:

Year Number
2001 749
2002 873
2003 855
2004 896

There are an additional number of CE places taken-up by drug mis-users, which do not come through the drugs task force and are integrated with the mainstream provision. FÁS estimate these places at 200 at any one time.

I am informed by FÁS that overall provision on community employment is in the order of 1,100 and exceeds the 30% increase as set out in the national drugs strategy.

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