Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7714/10]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy may wish to draw the attention of the correspondent to the announcement of the establishment of the Labour Market Activation Fund, 2010, published by my Department on Friday 12th February 2010 in the national press. Details were also posted, on that date, on the Government E-tenders website at www.e-tenders.gov.ie.

The Labour Market Activation Fund is intended to assist those offering to provide substantial innovative training and activation interventions over and above mainstream measures, targeting specific priority groups among the unemployed. The purpose of the press notice was to advise those who might be interested in providing these interventions that my Department will, in the near future, issue a Call for Proposals for such services from public, private, voluntary, and not-for-profit education and training providers.

Full information on tender requirements will be published at the time of the Call for Proposals and will be accessible electronically on http://www.etenders.gov.ie/. Notice of the Call for Proposals will also be published in the national press.