Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons on the integration option and on the part-time job elements of the community employment programme; the distribution of persons who have participated in these programmes by the period for which they were on the programme that is one year, two years and so on and the distribution by social welfare scheme that they were on prior to participation. [45750/10]

Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The details requested by the Deputy, as provided by FÁS, are as follows. Part-time Integration Option (PTI).

This is a one year version of CE for people aged 25 years and over who are receiving social welfare payments for 12 months or more. The number of people currently availing of this option is 14,650. Part-time Job Option (PTJ)

This is a three year version of CE, (based on annually renewable contracts) for people aged 35 years and over and who are receiving social welfare payments for 3 years or more. The number of people currently availing of this option is 5,696.

The following table outlines the number of years completed by participants of PTI and PTJ. This table includes the Off-shore islanders under PTI and PTJ options. These account for the majority of those in excess of 7 years as they are exempt from the participation caps. The table excludes Supervisors, Drugs Rehabilitation Clients and Exceptions.

The following table details the social welfare schemes that were availed of by participants of PTI and PTJ prior to their participation on CE.