Written answers

Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Department of Social Protection

FÁS Training Programmes

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an extension for a FÁS course will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16684/13]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The maximum period of participation on community employment schemes for persons over fifty-five years of age is six years. The person concerned will have completed six years on a community employment scheme on the 24 May 2013 and it is therefore not possible to grant him an extension.

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