Written answers
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Department of Social Protection
Unemployment Data
Colm Keaveney (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the numbers of persons on the live register, on any job activation scheme, or on a disability or invalidity payment, in January of 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12038/14]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the tabular statement.
| Scheme | Jan 2012 | Jan 2013 | Jan 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Activation | |||
| Back to work allowance scheme - employee strand | 162 | 14 | 9 |
| Back to work enterprise allowance scheme - self employed strand | 10,772 | 10,812 | 10,160 |
| Short-term enterprise allowance | 1,201 | 1,002 | 488 |
| DSP part-time job incentive | 190 | 215 | 296 |
| TUS - community work placement initiative | 2,337 | 4,510 | 7,119 |
| JobBridge | 3,469 | 5,565 | 6,440 |
| Community employment schemes (excluding supervisors) | 22,298 | 21,063 | 22,512 |
| FAS full time training for unemployed people | 9,001 | 9,346 | 8,276 |
| Back to education allowance (BTEA) | 25,646 | 25,805 | 24,728 |
| Vocational training opportunities scheme (VTOS) | Estimated at 5,000 annually | ||
| Live Register | |||
| Live Register¥ | 439,589 | 429,396 | 399,630 |
| Disability Allowance and Invalidity Pension Recipients | |||
| Disability Allowance | 102,698 | 101,830 | 106,673 |
| Invalidity Pension | 49,724 | 50,285 | 53,222 |
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