John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Question 82: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide a geographical breakdown of the demand for the rural social scheme together with a similar breakdown of the capacity for employment under current projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36770/05]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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There are 2,500 participant places available under the rural social scheme. To date, 1994 of these places have been filled. The geographical breakdown in respect of the current participants is as follows:

In addition to the figures outlined above, 506 rural social scheme participant places remain available throughout the country. It is anticipated that these places will be filled in early 2006.

The 35 Leader companies, along with Údarás na Gaeltachta, which is implementing the rural social scheme at a local level, allocate appropriate work to all participants who join the RSS. This is achieved by balancing the demand for RSS participant places with the demand from local organisations promoting work projects under RSS.