Written answers
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Community Employment Schemes
12:00 pm
Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to increase the number of places on community employment schemes during 2010 in view of the fact that there has been an increase in unemployment; her views on whether it would be in the interest of many, especially young men, if they were allowed to work on such schemes carrying out valuable work for communities rather than sitting at home or worse; her further views on the regulations regarding persons under 60 years and the limit of time for participants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4873/10]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, 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.
Eligible persons under 55 years of age may be eligible for a maximum of 3 years overall participation on Community Employment (CE). Eligible persons of 55 or over may be eligible to a maximum of 6 years overall participation on CE. Persons in receipt of any of the 4 disability-linked Social Welfare payments may be eligible for 1 additional year's participation.
In Budget 2010 provision was made for an increase of 500 CE places bringing the total number of places available to 23,300 during 2010.
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