Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rural social scheme participants provided for in the original 2020 and the 2021 estimate; the expected out-turn of participant numbers for 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32239/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The 2020 Revised Estimate provided for an average of 3,300 participants on the Rural Social Scheme in 2020.

The outturn in 2020 is expected to average 3,160 participants.  The 2021 estimate is providing for a similar average number of participants in 2021.