Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied). [16231/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The guidelines for the Community Employment (CE) scheme provide that lifetime participation on CE for persons under 55 years of age is limited to 3 years (156 weeks). The person concerned commenced a CE scheme under the Part Time Integration (PTI) option on 28 May 2012. The objective of the PTI Option is to help ensure that participants find a job or enter full-time training/education, normally after oneyear on CE. Under this option, and as he is under 55 years of age, his participation on CE is limited to three years; this is due to expire on 22 May 2015.

The project Sponsor sought and was granted an extension for the person concerned on two occasions since he commenced CE in 2012. A request for a further one year extension to his term on the scheme was submitted by the project sponsor on 24 January 2015. Unfortunately this cannot be granted as the person concerned will have reached the maximum time limit allowable on the scheme.