Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding that will be provided to deliver the 8,000 JobsPlus scheme places outlined in the Economic Recovery Plan 2021. [32273/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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JobsPlus is a subsidy that is paid to employers who recruit long-term unemployed people for new positions in their workplace. Employers can avail of JobsPlus when filling new positions or positions that arise as a consequence of natural turnover. The employer can receive a subsidy of €7,500 or €10,000 per eligible employee.

The July Jobs Stimulus provided for changes to the support which included providing access to the support by Pandemic Unemployment Payment recipients and amendment to the qualifying criteria for those under 30 years to 4 months on the Live Register in the previous 6 months. The scheme has an overall budget allocation of €28.3m for 2021 to provide for these measures and up to 8,000 places.

I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.