Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group)
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144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons participating in the job activation measures (details supplied) on 30 June 2012; the number of persons participating in the same job activation measures on 30 June 2013. [41707/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Government’s primary strategy to tackle unemployment is to create the environment for a strong economic recovery by promoting competitiveness and productivity through the Action Plan for Jobs. In addition to promoting economic recovery, the Government recognises the need for measures to support the long-term unemployed and keep jobseekers close to the labour market. In this context, the major elements of the Government’s response are set out in Pathways to Work which is aimed at ensuring that as many as possible of the job vacancies that are created are filled by people from the Live Register, with a particular focus on those who are long-term unemployed or at risk of long-term unemployment.

The data requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below in respect of Community Employment (CE), Tús – the Rural Social Scheme (RSS), Job Initiative (JI) and the Part-Time Job Initiative (PTJI). Figures for the numbers involved in June 2012 and June 2013 are shown.