Written answers

Tuesday, 20 June 2006

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Community Employment Schemes

10:00 pm

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 291: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if core funding will be provided to allow people who are currently 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. [23450/06]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Community Employment is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons (including those with a disability) with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work routine and to assist them to enhance/develop both their technical and personal skills.

The aim of CE still remains as an active labour market programme with the emphasis on progression into employment. The programme is managed within this context and with consideration to the needs of participants and the community and the demand for CE resources from those Organisations delivering services.

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, including those for people with disabilities would continue to be ring-fenced.

Decisions regarding the provision of core funding for the health services generally are a matter for the Minister for Health and Children.

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