Written answers
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
FÁS Training Programmes
10:00 pm
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of places available in active labour market programmes funded by her Department, broken down by category, in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; her expenditure on these active labour market programmes broken down by category for each of these years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41270/09]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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This year the Government has doubled to over 130,000 the number of activation training and work experience places provided by FÁS in 2009. At the end of September 115,000 unemployed were currently participating (51,116) or had completed (64,171). The table attached shows the expenditure and the number of throughput recorded by FÁS 2007,2008 and the year to date 2009. Throughput is the number of participants who have begun a FÁS training programme.
| Programme | Actual spend to date-Sep 2009 €m's | Places 2009 | In training Sep 09 | Throughput to date-Sep 2009 | Actual spend 2008 €m's | Throughput 2008 | Actual spend 2007 €m's | Throughput 2007 |
| Bridging Foundation Training | 11.650 | 4643 | 864 | 4159 | 23.635 | 6,051 | 21.226 | 5480 |
| Return to Work Programme | 1.186 | 855 | 78 | 531 | 3.004 | 801 | 2.773 | 777 |
| Specific Skills Training | 39.209 | 26988 | 4467 | 11210 | 41.367 | 5,701 | 37.364 | 5704 |
| Traineeship | 19.468 | 3014 | 1462 | 2135 | 29.221 | 2,228 | 25.191 | 1995 |
| Community Training Centres | 35.414 | 2300 | 2262 | 1818 | 49.756 | 1,679 | 46.757 | 1790 |
| Local Training Initiatives | 23.163 | 2340 | 2330 | 2463 | 32.676 | 2,665 | 30.736 | 2792 |
| Specialist Training Providers | 42.126 | n.a | 1898 | 1266 | 55.191 | 1,444 | 52.009 | 1503 |
| Evening Courses | 2.991 | 30448 | 6133 | 13592 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Online Learning | 0.384 | 22320 | 3618 | 5826 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Short Time Working Training Programme | 0.000 | 277 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | |
| Technical Employment Support Grant | 3.876 | 11000 | 0 | 8600 | 3.122 | 5,500 | 2.886 | 2000 |
| Redundant Apprenticeship Rotation scheme | 1.971 | 488 | 158 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Work Placement Programme | 2000 | 32 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Community Employment | 272.752 | 22780 | 22726 | 7494 | 377.512 | 30,292 | 357.505 | 29913 |
| Job Initiative | 27.444 | 1450 | 1420 | 0 | 37.734 | 1,430 | 40.065 | 1582 |
| Wage Subsidy Scheme | 7.470 | 0 | 978 | 98 | 9.428 | 106 | 7.610 | 108 |
| Supported employment | 6.436 | 0 | 2360 | 0 | 8.574 | 0 | 8.254 | 0 |
| Total all programmes | 495.540 | 130,415 | 51,116 | 64,171 | 671.220 | 57,897 | 632.376 | 53,644 |
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons participating in FÁS courses; the number of persons participating in short FÁS courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41273/09]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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As at the end of September 2009 the number of persons participating on FÁS training courses was 23,901, of which a total of 2,871 persons were participants on short (modular) courses.
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