Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on his Department's discussions with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection regarding the implementation of Labour Court recommendation, LRC 19293, regarding the rights of community employment scheme supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40448/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Community Sector High Level Forum was reconvened in 2015 and met most recently on 7 April 2017, to give consideration to a number of issues including the issue to which the Deputy refers.

In considering the matter, I must have regard to the costs and precedent of such an arrangement were one to be created. A scoping exercise is currently being progressed by officials in my Department and should be completed later this year.

It continues to be the position that state organisations are not the employer of the particular employees concerned and that it is not possible for the State to provide funding for such a scheme. The employees in question are, or were, employees of private companies notwithstanding the fact that the companies concerned are, or were, reliant on State funding.