Written answer
Employment Support Services
92. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons engaged in JobBridge from each year since its foundation; if she will provide a full breakdown of all Government employment schemes and a breakdown of the numbers involved in all types of activation schemes since 2006: if she will provide all this information in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12311/14]
Comment on this
Data on participation on full-time activation programmes have been published by the CSO only since the beginning of 2007.
Figures for participation at the end of January in each year since then are contained in the following table:
Participation in Activation Programmes End- Jan 2007 to End Jan 2014
1 including Short-term Enterprise Allowance