Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 April 2025
99. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the current projects under the remit of his Department that received EU funding in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the percentage of the funding that was actually funded by the EU in each of those projects, in tabular form. [21456/25]
View answerThe Department of Social Protection receives EU Funding under the following EU programmes.
The current programme is the European Social Fund Plus Employment, Inclusion, Skills and Training Programme (ESF+EIST 2021-2027) which is a cross-Government programme managed by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science. The Department has four schemes within this programme which are co-funded by the EU and the Government of Ireland.
The previous programme was the European Social Fund Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (ESF PEIL 2014-2020), also managed by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science. In 2022, PEIL was amended to programme Ireland’s tranche of REACT EU funding, resulting in the creation of a new priority within the programme to assist Member States with the cost of provision of supports to persons granted temporary protection fleeing Ukraine under the Temporary Protection Directive. The Department submitted a claim in June 2024 under the REACT element of the PEIL programme.
DSP was the lead partner in a project called Lone Parents Digital Activation which was co-financed by the European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EASI). The project has now completed but funding was received in 2024.
Details of schemes and their EU funding percentage are set out in the table below.
|
Scheme |
Programme |
2024 |
2025 (ytd) |
|
Back to Work Enterprise Allowance |
ESF+ EIST 2021-2027 |
3% * |
Nil |
|
JobsPlus |
ESF+ EIST 2021-2027 |
3% * |
Nil |
|
WorkAbility |
ESF+ EIST 2021-2027 |
3% * |
Nil |
|
Assistance to the Most Deprived |
ESF+ EIST 2021-2027 |
3% * |
Nil |
|
Child Benefit |
ESF PEIL 2014-2020 |
90% + |
Nil |
|
Lone Parents Digital Activation |
EASI |
80% & |
Nil |
Note 1 * - Represents pre-finance only.
Note 2 + - Remaining 10% subject to final EU audit.
Note 3 & - EU Co-financed 80%.
