John Lyons (Dublin North West, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if participants on momentum courses will receive travel and meal allowances as they do with FÁS courses, depending on their circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7655/13]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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As part of the Government's "Action Plan for Jobs" initiative, FÁS is administering the MOMENTUM Programme under which €20 million has been committed by the Department of Education & Skills through the National Training Fund. The aim of the programme is to provide a range of quality, relevant education & training interventions for up to 6,500 individuals who are long-term unemployed.

Under the eligibility criteria of MOMENTUM, all unemployed participants must be pre-approved by the Department of Social Protection before they can participate in the programme. Participants on the programme will not receive any travel or meal allowances. However, participants will maintain their current social welfare entitlement for as long as they are entitled to receive it under the Department of Social Protection eligibility criteria