Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of local employment services being funded by her Department to deliver construction skills training; the location of each service in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48323/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Local Employment Service provides a local service and facilities to support unemployed people to enter or return to work. The services include:

- Referral to the mediation service, career path planning, career guidance and placement services.

- Referral to local State and voluntary services for training, education, Job Clubs and other social services.

- Information on the range of training, education and employment options available.

While my Department provides funding to the Local Employment Service for referrals to training and employment programmes, there is no specific breakdown of training categories or courses to which clients are referred..

St Andrews Centre in Dublin has been successfully running a construction skills course for a number of years. This course is supported by Dublin Port, Dublin City Council and Dublin Docklands. Due to a funding gap, my Department agreed to provide funding for this course via the Eastside and Docklands Local Employment Service on a once off basis for 2021. The allocation of funding for this project followed an appraisal and evaluation by my Department of the Eastside and Docklands LES contract bid proposal for 2021.

I trust that this information is of assistance to the Deputy.