Michael D'Arcy (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 606: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there will be additional places on the rural social scheme provided in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11902/08]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Currently there is a provision for 2,600 participant places and a further 130 supervisor positions on the Rural Social Scheme (RSS). All available places (both Participants and Supervisors) have been allocated and quotas have been assigned to each of the Implementing Bodies. I have no plans at present to increase the number of places.

In order to assess the ongoing demand for places and to ensure that places do not remain vacant over a protracted period of time, Implementing Bodies have been encouraged to form a waiting list of suitable eligible applicants, which can be utilised to fill vacancies as they arise.