Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department is delaying a person (details supplied) from taking up a community employment scheme position in a company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10414/19]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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There was no delay in processing the Community Employment (CE) position for the person concerned.  The (CE) eligibility form was received by CE Unit on the 6^thFebruary 2019 and the person concerned commenced CE on the 4^thMarch 2019.

The average timeframe for processing a  CE application from receipt of eligibility form from the CE project to a customer commencing a scheme is 15 working days.However, this is dependent on forms being received on / before Wednesday in any given week with forms received on Thursdays and Fridays pushing processing times out by a further week. 

I trust this clarifies matters for the deputy.