Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 241: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to community service projects in County Mayo if he will list the community service projects that have received funding and when will the remainder of the community service projects receive funding or when they will be contacted regarding the renewal of their contracts [43760/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The contracts with all 445 service providers funded by the Community Services Programme will expire at the end of December 2010. Subject to satisfactory performance, provision of resources and continued eligibility of activities, revised contracts for up to three years from the 1st January 2011 are being offered to the service providers as the Department completes the contract renewal process. My intention is to complete the process of offering new contracts over the next few weeks.

In 2010, 33 companies in the community sector in County Mayo provided services with the support of the Programme. Some €3.5m has been allocated and my Department estimates that when part-time positions are taken into account, around 200 people are employed with the support of the Programme in the county. Details of the companies providing services are set out in the table below.

* FTE = Full time equivalent positions (39 hours per week).

** The allocation shown includes an operational element.