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Tuesday, 16 May 2017

Department of Social Protection

Community Employment Schemes Data

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment scheme placements in Dublin 5, 13 and 17, respectively, that are vacant and waiting to be filled; the number of placements that have been vacant for more than two months, six months, nine months and more than a year, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22937/17]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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It is not possible to identity how long individual posts in particular Community Employment Schemes have been vacant. CE Participants are employees of the Sponsor Board of the particular CE scheme and the deployment of CE participants to a particular post is the function of that employer. Please see the table detailing the vacancies from July 2016 to March 2017. Ongoing efforts are made to fill vacant posts across the Dublin North area notably through recruitment at local CE Fairs and also the weekly notification of vacancies to Activation Case Offices and other staff in Intreo Centres.

These Community Employment programme is one of a number the government funded schemes that provide part-time temporary work in local communities, as a stepping-stone back to employment. These placements are designed to break the cycle of unemployment and maintain work readiness, thereby improving a person’s opportunities of returning to the labour market or getting a job for the first time. While the live register has fallen support for work programmes has been maintained.

Recently the Government approved the implementation of a number of changes to the terms and conditions of participation on CE. The main purpose of these changes is to broaden the availability of CE to a greater number of people on the live register and to standardise other conditions around the length of time a person can participate on the scheme.

Table 1

County DublinSum of Approved ParticipantsSum of Current ParticipantsVacanciesVariance%
Mar-17
AreaParticipant No.s ApprovedSum of Current Participants
Dublin 1368541420.59
Dublin 174513529921.95
Dublin 52591976223.94
Grand Total77860317522.49
Feb-17
AreaParticipant No.s ApprovedSum of Current participantsVacanciesVariance%
Dublin 1368561217.65
Dublin 174513529921.95
Dublin 52592005922.78
Grand Total77860817021.85
Jan-17
AreaParticipant No.s ApprovedSum of Current participantsVacanciesVariance%
Dublin 1368541420.59
Dublin 1745134510623.50
Dublin 52592065320.46
Grand Total77860517322.24
Dec-16
AreaParticipant No.s ApprovedSum of Current participantsVacanciesVariance%
Dublin 1368531522.06
Dublin 174513579420.84
Dublin 52682115721.27
Grand Total78762116621.09
Nov-16
AreaParticipant No.s ApprovedSum of Current participantsVacanciesVariance%
Dublin 1368521623.53
Dublin 174513539821.73
Dublin 52682185018.66
Grand Total78762316420.84
Oct-16
AreaParticipant No.s ApprovedSum of Current participantsVacanciesVariance%
Dublin 1368541420.59
Dublin 1745135110022.17
Dublin 52682125620.90
Grand Total78761717021.60
Sep-16
AreaParticipant No.s ApprovedSum of Current participantsVacanciesVariance%
Dublin 1368571116.18
Dublin 174513668518.85
Dublin 52682125620.90
Grand Total78763515219.31
Aug-16
AreaParticipant No.s ApprovedSum of Current participantsVacanciesVariance%
Dublin 1368571116.18
Dublin 174513807115.74
Dublin 52682214717.54
Grand Total78765812916.39
Jul-16
AreaParticipant No.s ApprovedSum of Current participantsVacanciesVariance %
Dublin 136859913.24
Dublin 174513916013.30
Dublin 52682214717.54
Grand Total78767111614.74

I trust that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

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