Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people on community employment schemes who have progressed to full time work at the end of their scheme in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39783/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. The programme helps unemployed people to progress to the open labour market by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to work routine and assists them in enhancing/developing both their technical and personal skills.

I am advised by FÁS that the progression figures from the Community Employment programme into employment or self-employment (both part-time and full-time) are as follows:

Year 2005: 2,383

Year 2006: 2,438

Year 2007: 2,443