Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 401: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if core funding will be provided to allow people who are working on community employment schemes providing services for the disability sector to be appointed on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33090/05]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The main purpose of the community employment programme operated by FÁS is to provide work experience and training for the long-term unemployed and disadvantaged groups and thereby enable participants to advance successfully to employment in the open labour market. On 10 November 2004, following a review of FÁS employment schemes — community employment, job initiative and social economy programmes — I announced that community employment places supporting the delivery of health services will continue to be ring-fenced. However, in line with Government policy, there are no plans to mainstream these community employment places.