Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of FÁS community employment scheme workers placed in community child care facilities in County Monaghan; if he will list these facilities; if it is intended that more CE places will be made available to community child care facilities in the coming months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4802/09]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, 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. 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.

I am advised by FÁS that of the 340 people participating on 20 FÁS funded Community Employment Programmes in Co. Monaghan, 53 participants are currently engaged in community childcare. In addition, FÁS is in the process of filling 4 vacancies in the existing Co. Monaghan childcare projects.

A list of current childcare places in Co. Monaghan as requested by the Deputy is contained in a table.