Frank O'Rourke (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide a further list of the 50 applicants under the Tús-work placement initiative in Celbridge, Leixlip and Maynooth in County Kildare, in addition to the list provided five weeks ago, so as to allow the supervisors to fill the vacancies for the host community groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18425/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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TÚS is an activation initiative for those who are unemployed and on the Live Register. It provides short-term quality and suitable working opportunities for people who are unemployed while at the same time carrying out beneficial work within communities.

Eligible clients are selected for inclusion in the initiative through a random selection process undertaken centrally within each Division and requested to respond to the TÚS work placement invitation. Thereafter a listing of potential candidates is supplied to the implementing body, usually the local partnership who invite them for interview. All requests for potential TÚS participants are processed promptly and within agreed timeframes. A request was received at the end of last week from Kildare County Partnership and is currently being processed.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.