Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 23 June 2009, if any Members of the House of the Oireachtas are members of the local committees which direct the activities of community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26244/09]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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FÁS is aware of a number of sitting Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas being on the sponsoring committees of community employment projects.

The Community Employment Operating Guidelines state that the work programme of a sponsor should not involve any specific promotional-advocacy of a specific political party or the policies of a specific political party. Sponsors applying for a project of this nature are not eligible for CE funding.