John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs which have been lost due to the curtailment of the community employment schemes in 2006, 2007 and 2008 for each county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27660/09]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, 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 purpose of CE is to help unemployed people to re-enter the open labour market by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to work routine and to assist them to enhance/develop both their technical and personal skills.

As can be seen from the following table, the numbers on CE have increased from year-end 2006 to year-end 2008.

Year-End Statistics for Community Employment, by County/Location

Note: The figures include supervisors.