Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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992. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons availing of the community employment scheme that are in receipt of a qualifying disability payment or have been classified as having a disability in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14885/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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In Budget 2012, it was announced that entitlement to a Community Employment payment and another Department of Social Protection payment at the same time would be phased out. From January 2012, new participants on the Community Employment scheme were no longer able to claim another social welfare payment at the same time. My Department does not retain data on whether a person has a disability and so I am unable to answer this part of the Deputy's  question.  Information in relation to current Community Employment participants who entered the scheme from  Illness and Disability schemes is set out in the table below.