Written answers

Tuesday, 1 December 2020

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

School Staff

Photo of Mark WardMark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if community employment workers are permitted to work in primary schools as cleaners, maintenance and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40420/20]

Photo of Joe O'BrienJoe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party)
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Community Employment (CE) projects are typically sponsored by groups wishing to benefit the local community, namely voluntary and community organisations and, to a lesser extent, public bodies involved in not-for-profit activities.

Schools are not permitted to sponsor CE schemes and CE participants cannot be employed by or work in schools. This includes the provision of cleaners, caretaking/maintenance and other services to schools. As the Deputy may be aware, FAS who had responsibility for CE up until 2012, withdrew the CE services from schools from September 2001. As a result, the budget for schools-based CE schemes was transferred to the Department of Education and Skills.

My colleague, Minister Norma Foley T.D. has overall responsibility for the services and initiatives provided for by the Department of Education, including policy and funding.

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