Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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222. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form each live register activation programme currently in operation and the numbers participating in these programmes in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and expected in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41892/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Pathways to Work, the Government’s activation strategy, includes a wide range of programmes and services to help jobseekers back to employment. These include programmes such as JobBridge, JobsPlus and Momentum introduced by this Government and schemes such as Community Employment and TÚS where we have significantly increased the number of places available.

The Table below outlines the average number of participants per activation programme for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and the first eight months of 2014. The year-to-date figure for 2014 is influenced by the below average figure for Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) arising from the seasonal pattern of participation that is largely determined by the academic calendar. A noticeable increase in BTEA participation is expected from September onwards. Estimates for participation in 2015 will be available in the first quarter of 2015.



Table: Average Participation in Activation Programmes 2011 to 2014