Written answers
Tuesday, 6 March 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Labour Activation Programmes Data
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of adult dependants on a social welfare labour activation scheme in each of the years 2010 to 2017, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10508/18]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The following table gives details of the number of recipients of weekly Working Age Employment Support payments who were in receipt of Qualified Adult Allowances, at the end of each year 2010 to 2017 and at end-January 2018.
Qualified Adult Allowances in payment at end-year (2010-2017) and end-January 2018
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Jan 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back to Work Allowance Employee(1) | 116 | 17 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Back to Work Enterprise allowance scheme | 2581 | 4101 | 3642 | 3445 | 3723 | 3907 | 3,562 | 3,089 | 3,000 |
| Part-time Job Incentive | 43 | 53 | 57 | 72 | 55 | 18 | |||
| TUS - Community Work Placement Initiative | 1,268 | 1,895 | 2,056 | 1,889 | 1,703 | 1,547 | 1,510 | ||
| JobBridge(2) | 596 | 755 | 869 | 618 | 288 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Gateway | 657 | 185 | 13 | 10 | |||||
| Community Employment Schemes (excluding Supervisors)(3) | 4,152 | 5,740 | 6,685 | 6,748 | 6,365 | n/a | n/a | ||
| Back to Education Allowance | 1,894 | 2,317 | 2,487 | 2,701 | 2,594 | 2,051 | 1,633 | 1,390 | 1,376 |
(1) This scheme was closed to new applications from 1st May 2009
(2) This scheme was closed to new applications from 21st October 2016
(3) The Community Employment scheme has recently moved to a new computer system. Some reports on the scheme are not yet available.
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