21. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the assessment he has made of the contribution made by community employment and related schemes to the provision of services in rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67560/26]
Topics / Community Employment Schemes
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsCommunity Employment Schemes
22 questions from 15 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 24 September 2026.
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293. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people employed under a CE scheme in Cork currently and in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [54172/26]
479. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the upper age limit for participation in the community employment (CE) schemes from 66 years of age to 70 years of age on a voluntary basis, recognising the important contribution CE participants make to local communities, the benefits these schemes provide in terms of social inclusion, routine and continue…
51. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider further changes to the community employment scheme as part of Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45904/26]
54. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to provide increased flexibility to local community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46238/26]
75. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to increase the top-up payment for participants on community employment schemes, TÚS, and rural social schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46246/26]
249. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if Ukrainian refugees who are currently participating in community employment schemes, TÚS employment schemes or rural social schemes will be eligible to remain in Ireland under the new temporary protection transition scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44761/26]
45. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to increase the top-up payment for participants on community employment schemes, TÚS, and rural social schemes in recognition of the important work they do in local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15020/26]
80. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to provide increased flexibility to local community employment, TÚS, and rural social schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15019/26]
122. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider a revision of the TÚS programme guidelines for people in receipt of disability allowance, in order to allow them to remain on the scheme for up to 24 months, or more, if they wish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50591/25]
142. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to make changes to the community employment scheme to encourage more participants into the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50773/25]
143. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans for increased flexibility in local community employment, TÚS, and rural social schemes to retain participants for longer when it benefits both the individual and the community. [50747/25]
1899. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to improve the local community employment schemes in order to make them more attractive to engage social welfare recipients. [44393/25]
95. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the current strategy for community employment, the number of sponsor groups, participants and supervisors and whether any changes are planned to the scheme this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26196/25]
158. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the growing difficulties faced by community and voluntary organisations across County Tipperary in maintaining essential services due to the chronic inability to fill vacancies on community employment (CE) schemes; the urgent measures being taken to address the recruitment crisis and ensure the sustainability of these vital communit…
189. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection is he is concerned that recent policy changes outlined in correspondence (details supplied) will impact on projects that depend on community employment, CE, participants to deliver services and supports for communities; if he plans to reduce down the time on which recipients of certain payments must be in receipt of such payments before they can qualify fo…
419. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that there is a disincentive for participants moving from TÚS to CE, given that they lose their entitlement to social protection benefits, which they were allowed retain while they were on Tús such as free travel, fuel allowance and could he explain why there is a difference between the two initiatives. [26823/25]
115. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to provide increased flexibility to local community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21380/25]
119. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection whether consideration is being given to doubling the training and development grant associated for each community employment participant, given the general increase in cost of materials and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6764/25]
137. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review of community employment scheme supervisor remuneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8013/25]
861. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if Community Employment participants who earn over €20,000 per year due to dependent status are to be included the new auto-enrolment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46769/24]
889. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently address the criteria for qualifying to participate in community employment schemes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1535/25]