Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Jobsearch Programme. Jobsearch effect on the live register
Summary
Birmingham asked what effect the scheme was expected to have on live-register numbers; Ahern said this was a matter for Social Welfare and restated the programme’s targets.
What assumptions were made as to the effect the scheme would have on the live register this year?
Comment on this
I am monitoring the scheme, as I have said. We will interview 150,000 people on the live register, placing 40,000 in Manpower opportunities and providing places for 12,000 people on special Jobsearch courses. How this will affect the figures on the live register is a matter for the Department of Social Welfare.