Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of persons in receipt of one parent family payment on a county basis who are currently on community employment and the numbers at the 31 December 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4781/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Community Employment (CE) is the largest employment programme administered by the Department of Social Protection and forms an important pillar in the strategy of returning long-term unemployed people back to the open labour market. There are currently 23,300 places (including supervisory positions) available currently on CE which is increasing to 25,300 by year-end 2013 and the revised budget for 2013 is circa €352m. Lone parents are one of the categories of disadvantaged client catered for on CE.

One Parent Family Payment Recipients on CE, By County/Area