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asked the Minister for Finance if he will give the following details in relation to the funds provided under the Employment Guarantee Fund Act, 1980 (i) how they were allocated (ii) the firms who received benefits and (iii) the amounts in each case.
11.
asked the Minister for Finance the criteria used to establish eligibility for assistance from the Tripartite Committee; the names of the companies who have been approved for assistance from this fund and if he will make a statement on the matter.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 and No. 11 together and to circulate a table for inclusion in the Official Report setting out the amounts allocated to date under the Employment Guarantee Fund Act, 1980.
The moneys provided under the Employment Guarantee Fund Act, 1980, are allocated by decision of the Tripartite Standing Committee on Employment established under the terms of the National Understanding for Economic and Social Development. This committee grants assistance towards programmes or projects of its own choice, subject to the condition that these should result in the creation of additional employment which would not otherwise be achieved or the maintenance of employment which would otherwise be lost.
The sum committed to date from the Employment Guarantee Fund is £19.4 million approximately. However, some savings are expected on expenditures originally anticipated in respect of some of the programmes and projects being assisted by the Tripartite Standing Committee on Employment, and it is estimated that approximately £2.25 million of the Employment Guarantee Fund is still available.
Following is the table:
Employment Guarantee Fund: allocations approved up to 9 June 1980 by the Tripartite Standing Committee on Employment.
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A. Public sector package of 1,000 jobs |
£000 |
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(a) Provision of tourist and recreational amenities (110 man-years of employment) |
804 |
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(b) Provision of amenities, modifications and maintenance of Sugar Company buildings and yards (65 man-years) |
300 |
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(c) Project to continue 150 seasonal machine drivers in employment with Bord na Móna for six months (150 jobs) |
350 |
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(d) County Development Teams project for bog development (150 jobs) |
600 |
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(e) Provision of clusters of small workshops for non-grant-aided industry in the West (50 jobs) |
75 |
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(f) Additional environmental improvement projects (250 man-years) |
1,700 |
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(g) Department of Education's temporary grant scheme for youth employment (225 man-years) |
1,065 |
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B. Scheme to pay temporary supplementary premiums under the Employment Incentive Scheme |
2,000 |
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C. Apprentice training scheme for engineering industry (200 jobs) |
500 |
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D. Construction of an airport at Waterford (82 man-years) |
705 |
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E. Training scheme for industrial relations personnel (4 jobs) |
20 |
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F. Recruitment of extra staff by Aer Lingus (60 jobs) |
240 |
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G. Archaeological survey of Co. Donegal (21½ man-years) |
126 |
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H. Recruitment of extra staff by Radio-Telefis Éireann (35 man-years) |
105 |
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I. Temporary scheme of assistance, in place of the Employment Maintenance Scheme, for the textiles, clothing and footwear sectors |
5,000 |
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J. Dredger and pilot launch for Waterford Harbour to be built by the Ross Company Ltd. (170 jobs) |
500 |
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K. National programme for the provision of sports and recreational facilities (830 man-years) |
3,500 |
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L. Maintenance in employment of workers engaged on environmental improvement works in the Dublin area (200 jobs) |
600 |
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M. Support for the creation or maintenance of employment by certain private companies |
|
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(a) Arklow Pottery Ltd. (35-40 jobs) |
160 |
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(b) Castle Brand Ltd. (23 jobs) |
100 |
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(c) Bloomfield House Hotel Ltd. (61 full-time jobs) |
100 |
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(d) Thomas McArdle Ltd. (50 man-years) |
200 |
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(e) G.L. Murphy (Gorey) Ltd. (28 jobs) |
50 |
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N. Construction of a gymnasium at the school for handicapped children at Glenmaroon, Chapelizod, Co. Dublin (8 man-years) |
34 |
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O. Construction of an airport at Strandhill, Co. Sligo (45 jobs) |
200 |
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P. Development programme by the Sugar Company (82 man-years) |
350 |
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Q. Grant to the Industrial Co-operative (Inner City Dublin) Society Ltd. (12 jobs) |
12 |
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R. Training scheme for fish farmers on Mulroy Bay, Co. Donegal (15 trainees and 1 instructor) |
26 |
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19,422 |
Note: The figures quoted above are for allocations approved. Payments to date amount to £1,565,854.
What is the reason for the savings?
There were savings in the Employment Incentive Scheme because some money was not fully taken up. The Deputy will appreciate that there is considerable variation in some cases between commitments and what is actually taken up.
The detail of this will be available?
Yes.
Question No. 12 has gone for written reply.
