Written answers
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Department of Social Protection
Employment Support Services
Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the exact number of persons employed in employment support schemes in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [22365/14]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department. I am informed however of the information in the following tabular statement which breaks down the number of participant/recipients on activation and working age employment schemes under the auspices of my Department.
Live Register Activation Programmes Participants (Source: www.cso.ie)
- | December 2012 | December 2013 | March 2014 |
---|---|---|---|
Back to Work Allowance Employee | 18 | 11 | 8 |
Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Self - Employed | 10,811 | 10,098 | 10,270 |
Short-term Enterprise Allowance | 1,066 | 583 | 498 |
Part-Time Job Incentive scheme | 215 | 312 | 317 |
Tús - Community Work Placement Scheme | 4,543 | 7,108 | 7,355 |
JobBridge | 5,532 | 6,483 | 6,599 |
Community Employment Programme (excluding supervisors) | 21,081 | 22,575 | 22,832 |
FÁS full time training for unemployed people | 9,318 | 8,996 | 8,614 |
Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) - estimated | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
Back to Education Allowance | 25,886 | 24,996 | 23,843 |
Working Age Employment Supports Recipients
- | December 2012 | December 2013 | March 2014 |
---|---|---|---|
Rural Social Scheme | 2,591 | 2,537 | 2,532 |
Job Initiative | 1,139 | 1,051 | 1,084 |
Wage Subsidy Scheme | 1,006 | 1,350 | 1,225 |
Jobsplus | - | 1,114 | 1,874 |
Gateway | - | 5 | 62 |
Partial Capacity Benefit | N/A | 1,234 | 1,261 |
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