Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 4: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reasons for closing the Carrick-on-Suir jobs club, County Tipperary; the number of persons who were dealt with by the jobs club in 2006, 2007 and 2008; the number of persons who were separately dealt with by the local employment service for those years in Carrick-on-Suir; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14885/09]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Carrick on Suir Jobs Club was closed down because it was unable to achieve the nationally agreed targets set up for these programmes.

JobClubs are comprised of formal group sessions and informal, but structural individual support. The formal sessions take three to four hours per day for a five day week, which include groups of up to 14 job seekers. It is expected that a Jobs Club would have between 120 and 140 people per year on such sessions. The informal sessions consist of support for those who have completed the formal sessions but have yet to obtain employment and for those who need less formal support.

The Carrick-on-Suir Jobs Club had 58 participants in 2006 for formal sessions, 71 participants in 2007 and 57 participants in 2008.

The level of activity of service in the Carrick-On-Suir Local Employment Service office (LES) for the period in question are as follows:

2006 - 350 interventions,

2007 - 561 interventions

2008 - 950 interventions.

The new registrants seeking mediation in the LES office in Carrick-on-Suir are as follows:

2006 – 117

2007 – 246

2008 – 114.