Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons referred to FÁS under the national employment action plan in each of the years since 2007 and to date in 2010; if he will provide a breakdown of the outcome in terms of job placement, training, signing off, continuing on a jobseeker's payment and so on. [29155/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The National Employment Action Plan, operated jointly with FÁS, is the main activation measure for jobseeker's. It has been in operation since 1998 and provides for a systematic engagement of the employment services with unemployed people.

Under the Plan, all persons between the ages of 18 and 65 years who are approaching 3 months on the Live Register, are identified by the Department of Social Protection and referred to FÁS for interview with the aim of enhancing their employability and assisting them to enter/re-enter the labour market.

The information requested is set out in tabular form based on data supplied by FÁS.