Written answers
Thursday, 7 December 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Data
Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many people availed of the Activation and Family Support Programme in 2022 to fund the cost of training supports and education courses for people on social welfare; how this compares to 2020 and 2021, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53940/23]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Department's Activation and Family Support Programme provides funding to assist local organisations and agencies implement training and education initiatives to address the needs of recipients of welfare payments and their families who are distant from the labour market.
The Activation and Family Support Programme provided co-funding to 10 organisations in 2022 to support 16 programmes with expenditure of €222,000. In comparison, during 2021 the scheme providing co-funding to 9 organisations and supported 12 programmes with expenditure of €164,000. In 2020, co-funding was provided to 5 organisations and supported 12 programmes and the expenditure was €162,000. Activity on the scheme increased in 2022 following a reduction in activity during the period of the Covid 19 pandemic.
I trust this clarifies the matter.
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