Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Question 161: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35005/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The community services programme co-funds the services delivered by around 440 community-based not-for-profit enterprises across the State. Some €47.4 million has been allocated to the programme in 2011, supporting 2,800 people in full-time and part-time employment. A key requirement of the programme is that the service provider must generate a significant element of their turnover from traded activity or other non-public sources of income. The reduction in the rate of employers' PRSI resulting from the Government's jobs initiative will have a positive effect on some service providers funded by the community services programme by reducing their PRSI liability. I do not propose to alter the value of the contracts in place with service providers for 2011.