Local TD says anomalies needed to be removed from community employment schemes
Major reforms have been announced this morning in relation to CE, TUS and Rural Social Scheme. The CE and Tus scheme provide long term unemployed with work experience in their local communities that will assist them in finding employment. The reforms include removal of the six-year time…
Agri Week 14 03 19
Coming up on this week’s show with Therese Madden: The IFA President Joe Healy claims the tariff regime in the event of a no deal Brexit will be disastrous for Irish Farmers. A number of positions are available on The Rural Social Scheme in Sligo – we will talking about…
Call for Rural Social Scheme jobs to be filled
Almost 60% of the Rural Social Scheme posts have not been filled. 500 additional places for the RSS was allocated in Budget 2017, however, only 201 of these have been filled. The Rural Social Scheme is open to low income farmers and fishermen/fisherwomen who avail of certain social welfare payments.…
Minister for Social Protection says there are 500 additional places for Rural Social Scheme
The Irish Farmers’ Association has welcomed an announcement of extra support for farmers, fishermen & local communities around the country. The Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar says 500 additional places are being added to the Rural Social Scheme which brings money into rural and coastal communities. The current allocation…