John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 29 September 2016, the way in which figures on referrals to the local employment service provided for 2015 and 2016 were arrived at; the person who supplied these figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39626/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The figures provided in the answer to the relevant parliamentary question were obtained from my department’s Activation Case Management (ACM) computer system. The ACM system replaced the former FAS Client Services System (CSS) on a phased basis during 2015. The figures provided represent the number of referred clients who were on the case-load of the Local Employment Services (LES) at the end of 2015 and at end August 2016. Due to the change-over in computer systems the cumulative number of referred clients is not available for 2015.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.