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Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Youth Employment Initiative

Photo of Dominic HanniganDominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour)
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298. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Youth Employment Initiative under the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme; the budget of the Programme; the allocation to each Programme implementer; the key objectives; the projected number of young persons reached by the Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29253/15]

Photo of Ann PhelanAnn Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Labour)
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My Department’s Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), the successor programme to the Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP), was rolled out across communities on 1 April 2015.

SICAP is one of my Department’s key priorities and will operate for the 9 month period for 2015, with funding of €28 million, as outlined in the table below. This includes an allocation of €2 million under the European Structural Funds (ESF) Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020 and €2 million under the Youth Employment Initiative.

The aim of SICAP to reduce poverty, promote social inclusion and equality through local, regional and national engagement and collaboration. The objective of the SICAP activities proposed for ESF funding is to support young unemployed people under 25 years of age from disadvantaged groups and communities onto an effective pathway towards employment by providing a series of activities locally delivered under the Youth Employment Initiative.

During 2015, a national figure of some 4,000 young unemployed people will be supported through a range of defined activities under the programme, including training, job preparing/job search, work placements and mentoring.

LCDC Name Lot Name SICAP Budget April-Dec 2015 (€)
Carlow Carlow County 402,321
Cavan Cavan County 556,338
Clare Clare County 641,506
Cork City Cork City 908,870
North Cork (3) Kanturk, Newmarket & Millstreet 118,547
Charleville & Mitchelstown 123,242
Mallow & Fermoy 206,544
South Cork South & East Cork 591,919
West Cork (3) West Cork District 222,829
Bandon & Kinsale 115,689
West Cork Islands (7) 21,578
Donegal (3) Inishowen 447,885
Gaeltacht 254,561
Donegal 778,489
Dublin City (5) Ballyfermot & Chapelizod 404,112
Ballymun, Whitehall & Tolka 1,147,582
Northside 839,502
Canal, Rathmines & Pembroke 998,657
Inner City 635,514
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown 700,868
Fingal Fingal 889,593
Galway City Galway City 487,093
Galway County Galway County 1,201,187
Kerry (3) North East & West Kerry 794,043
Rathmore & Gneeveguilla 42,051
South Kerry & Killarney 386,105
Kildare Kildare County 765,170
Kilkenny Kilkenny County 455,860
Laois Laois County 423,048
Leitrim Leitrim County 393,488
Limerick City & County (3) Limerick West Rural 392,652
Limerick Urban 929,360
Limerick East Rural 317,058
Longford Longford County 383,669
Louth Louth County 965,881
Mayo (3) Mayo Islands 34,404
Ballina & Mayo West 537,050
Castlebar & Claremorris 359,454
Meath Meath County 278,304
Monaghan Monaghan County 464,453
Offaly Offaly County 553,736
Roscommon Roscommon County 448,762
Sligo Sligo County 439,136
South Dublin County Council South Dublin County 1,533,589
Tipperary (2) Tipperary North 388,921
Tipperary South 452,917
Waterford City & Council Waterford City & County 823,835
Westmeath Westmeath County 574,661
Wexford Wexford County 1,276,311
Wicklow (2) Bray & Greystones 534,069
Arklow, Wicklow & Baltinglass 438,515

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