Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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739. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a community employment scheme will be extended for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22174/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Requests for extending participants on Community Employment Schemes are only considered by the Department at the request of the Project Sponsor and a request for an extension has not been received in respect of the person concerned.

Work Schemes such as Community Employment (CE) are labour market programmes that enable long-term unemployed people to progress into employment and/or further education and training. Participation limits on these schemes are necessary to allow for the maximum utilisation of places amongst qualifying persons. It is important to note that participation is intended to be for a temporary fixed term and the positions offered are not full-time sustainable jobs. Instead, the placements are designed to break the cycle of unemployment and maintain work readiness, thereby improving a person’s opportunities of returning to the open labour market

I trust that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.