Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on schemes (details supplied) in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21002/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides a wide range employment supports including employer incentives, income support and activation supports catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market. These schemes provide work experience and training but also benefit communities across Ireland by supporting community services in childcare, health and social care, outdoor works and local facilities.

The number of participants at the end of March 2017, on each of the schemes requested by the Deputy, is presented in tabular form.

**JobBridge has been closed to new applicants since October 2016

The Local Training Initiative is not under the remit of my Department.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.