Rural Social Scheme

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• Rural Social Scheme
• January 2009 Croke Park

Pobal is a not-for-profit company with charitable
status that manages programmes on behalf of the
Irish Government and the EU.
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Pobal staff here today

• Danielle Byrne, programme manager
• Lyn Heanue, payroll officer
• Patrick Kelly, team leader
• Tracy Coyne, payroll coordinator

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Pobals Role

• RSS payroll function
• Operating a Help Desk
• Desk checks on the eligibility of new
  participants
• Development of procedural manual/guidelines
• Performance Indicators
• Provision of training to Implementing Bodies

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RSS Performance Indicator Report

• How the Scheme is implemented
• Performance Indicator Form- RSS Measures
  (September 2008)
• Who Participates
• Pobal Payroll system 9th January 2009

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1692 community groups involved

• 1692 community groups involved in RSS
• Environmental maintenance work - 38
• Village and countryside enhancement 26
• Social care and care of the elderly, community
  care for both pre-school and after-school groups
  -13

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Measures Community Groups

• 38 environmental maintenance
• 26 village countryside enhancements
• 13 social care
• 8 community administration
• 7 maintenance of waymarked ways
• 5 cultural heritage centres
• 1 energy conservation
• (2 other)

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2481 RSS participants working on

• 35 environmental maintenance
• 30 village countryside enhancements
• 12 social care
• 8 community administration
• 6 maintenance of waymarked ways
• 5 cultural heritage centres
• 1 energy conservation
• (1 other)

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Gender split

• ? 80
• ? 20

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Measures - Females

• 39 social care
• 26 community administration
• 16 environmental maintenance
• 11 cultural heritage centres
• 2 other
• 5 village countryside enhancements

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Measures - males

• 40 environmental maintenance
• 36 village countryside enhancements
• 12 maintenance of waymarked ways
• 3 cultural heritage centres
• 5 social care
• 2 energy conservation
• 1 community administration

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RSS Eligibility routes top four

• FarmAssist 44
• Jobseekers Benefit (ex CE) 26
• Community Employment 16
• Jobseekers Allowance 11

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Age Profile

• 34 25 49
• 48 50 59
• 17.5 60

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Weekly earnings on the RSS

• 2 earn less than 228.70
• 48 earn 228.70
• 42 earn between 228.70 and 364.30
• 8 earn over 364.30

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Location of RSS participants

• Co. Mayo 22
• Co. Galway 11
• Co. Kerry 11
• Co Donegal 9
• Co Cork 6
• Total 59