Written answers
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Department of Social Protection
Community Employment Schemes Review
Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the extent of discussions she has had with the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the introduction of new community employment type schemes to undertake work currently being carried out by council workers. [43963/12]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Department of Environment and Local Authorities currently sponsor 879 Community Employment positions. These are distributed as detailed in the table hereunder:
Breakdown of CE Participants and Supervisors Placed with Local Authorities
| Sponsor Type | PUBLIC BODIES - LOCAL AUTH. | |
|---|---|---|
| Row Labels | Sum of App No of Parts | Sum of App No of Supervisors |
| DS | 195 | 9 |
| DUN LAOGHAIRE/RATHDOWN CO.CO. | 108 | 3 |
| STH.DUBLIN CO.COUNCIL | 87 | 6 |
| MS | 49 | 3 |
| Thurles Town Council | 16 | 1 |
| TIPPERARY S.R. CO.CO. | 33 | 2 |
| NW | 141 | 6 |
| HSE head office | 35 | 2 |
| UDARAS NA GAELTACHTA | 106 | 4 |
| SE | 153 | 7 |
| DUNGARVAN TOWN COUNCIL | 15 | 1 |
| NEW ROSS TOWN COUNCIL | 15 | 0 |
| WATERFORD CITY COUNCIL | 61 | 4 |
| WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL | 62 | 2 |
| SW | 41 | 2 |
| UDARAS NA GAELTACHTA | 41 | 2 |
| WR | 260 | 13 |
| MAYO COUNTY COUNCIL | 15 | 1 |
| UDARAS NA GAELTACHTA | 245 | 12 |
| Grand Total | 839 | 40 |
The DSP is reviewing the effectiveness of a range of labour market activation programmes and in this context over the next number of months it will determine the need to revise existing programmes or establish new programmes. Measures to prevent displacement are a feature of all activation programmes and this will continue to be the case.
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