Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 366: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline in detail the impact the Government cuts in community employment schemes will have on community employment schemes in County Louth; if she will provide a breakdown of the funding given to each of the community employment schemes in County Louth in 2009, 2010, 2011; and the amount that will be allocated in 2012. [41058/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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It would take some time to retrieve the funding breakdown for each of the Community Employment Schemes in County Louth for each of the three years. The overall expenditure on Community Employment Programmes administered by the FAS Offices in Dundalk and Drogheda over the three year period in question is as follows:

Dundalk Drogheda

2009 €7,861,376 €6,346,664

2010 €7,751,245 €6,402,594

2011 €7,510,831 €6,274,464

At this point the budget for 2012 has not been finalised.

A review of Community Employment is currently underway to establish the on-going viability of each scheme in the context of the overall objectives of the CE programme and recognising in particular the community and social value of each CE scheme. Services provided by Community Employment Schemes will not be adversely affected pending the completion of this review.