Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 210: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the provisions set aside in budget 2006 to deal with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39727/05]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Kildare centres for the unemployed in Leixlip, Athy and Newbridge are currently funded by FÁS through the community employment programme.

The community employment project based in the Leixlip resource centre for the unemployed recommenced on 3 October 2005 for a further 12 month period and has been approved to employ 15 participants and one supervisor.

The community employment project based in Newbridge and Athy resource centres for the unemployed have also been approved for a further 12 month period to employ 32 participants and two supervisors. The current community employment contract will end on 20 January 2006. However, the community employment national monitoring committee has given approval for continued funding for a further 12 month period from 23 January 2006 to 20 January 2007.

Total funding allocated by FÁS to the community employment projects sponsored by the County Kildare centres for the unemployed will be approximately €656,000. The funding allocated from FÁS for the resource centres for the unemployed in Newbridge and Athy is approximately €446,000 for the 12 month period 23 January 2006 to 20 January 2007. Funding allocated for the Leixlip resource centre for the unemployed project is approximately €210,000 for the 12 month period which commenced on 3 October 2005.

County Kildare centres for the unemployed are Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, information and opportunity centres and as such have received funding from ICTU to support their operations in that regard. The amount of funding allocated by ICTU to support the work of its centres is an internal matter for ICTU.