Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a community employment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 [43097/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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To meet the eligibility criteria for the community employment (CE) scheme, participants are required to have been unemployed and in receipt of a social welfare payment for a 12 month consecutive period from this Department. The person concerned was in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit from October 2012 until July 2013 when her entitlement expired as she had reached the maximum number of days permissible under that scheme. She then applied for jobseeker’s assistance but did not qualify for this scheme as her means were deemed to be in excess of the allowable limits. She is not currently in receipt of any other social welfare payment, and therefore does not meet the 12 month eligibility criteria necessary to be considered for a place on the CE scheme.

The services of the Local Employment Service are available to provide information to the person concerned on other employment and training opportunities, including dedicated supports and programmes for people with disabilities, which are available locally for those persons exiting, or ineligible for, the CE scheme.