Written answers

Tuesday, 15 January 2019

Department of Rural and Community Development

Community Services Programme Data

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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1031. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Pobal has statistics in relation to the number of staff employed in community centres nationally and the salary of each; and if same will be made available. [1523/19]

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Funding for staff in community centres is provided through a number of public-funded schemes, including my Department's Community Services Programme (CSP). The CSP supports more than 400 community organisations to provide local services through a social enterprise model. Funding is provided as a fixed annual contribution to the cost of a manager and an agreed number of full-time equivalent (FTE) positions, with €32,000 per annum provided for a manager and €19,033 per annum for each FTE position.

The CSP currently provides a contribution to the salary costs of an estimated 60 manager and 320 FTE posts in around 120 community centres. This contribution must be co-funded by the organisations concerned from other sources, for example, from income received from the public use of their facilities and services. Moreover, all internal operational matters, including general employment issues and salary levels relating to CSP supported posts are solely matters for the Boards of those organisations to manage as the respective employers. Accordingly, neither my Department nor Pobal can provide the information sought by the Deputy in relation to salaries.

Funding may also be provided for staffing in community centres through schemes supported by other Government Departments, for example, the Rural Social Scheme and the Community Employment Programme managed by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

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