Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the relaxation of the current time limits and capping rules, placed on participants of community employment schemes, who are a year off retirement; if she will grant these participants a special exemption to allow them to work until they are 66 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6231/15]

Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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There are no plans to relax the current participation limits placed on participants of community employment (CE) schemes who may be just a year off retirement and there are no plans to grant those that fall into this category a special exemption to be allowed to work on CE until they reach 66 years of age (state pension age). These requirements are there to ensure that there are adequate places available to long-term unemployed and other vulnerable groups to participate on CE and gain qualifications for to enable them to gain employment.