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Community Employment: Grant Aid
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(Issue No. 1 – January 2019)
Note: (Grant aid is per week unless otherwise stated and wages are liable to Tax and PRSI deductions).
Community Employment Participant – Minimum Grant: €225.50.
Note: If a Participant’s Social Welfare entitlement exceeds €203, a grant equivalent to this entitlement plus €22.50 will be paid.
(Including all phases of first module of towards 2016.)
Only Projects that are fully compliant with the Towards 2016 Phase 3 and 4 validation requirements are eligible to receive these pay awards. Non-compliant projects will remain at the previous rates (up to Towards 2016 Phase 2).
2.1 Projects Providing Development Modules:
Supervisors with 11 – 14 Participants
| Scale | Wage Grant | PRSI Grant | Total Grant |
| Point 1 | €471.97 | €51.68 | €523.65 |
| Point 2 | €523.37 | €57.31 | €580.68 |
| Point 3 | €574.83 | €62.94 | €637.77 |
| Point 4 | €626.35 | €68.59 | €694.94 |
Supervisors with 15 or more Participants
| Scale | Wage Grant | PRSI Grant | Total Grant |
| Point 1 | €639.61 | €70.04 | €709.65 |
| Point 2 | €683.86 | €74.88 | €758.74 |
| Point 3 | €728.14 | €79.73 | €807.87 |
| Point 4 | €772.50 | €84.59 | €857.09 |
Assistant Supervisors with 26 or more Participants
| Scale | Wage Grant | PRSI Grant | Total Grant |
| Point 1 | €429.50 | €47.03 | €476.53 |
| Point 2 | €467.23 | €51.16 | €518.39 |
| Point 3 | €505.03 | €55.30 | €560.33 |
| Point 4 | €542.84 | €59.44 | €602.28 |
2.2 Projects Not Providing Development Modules - Rates Effective 1 June 2007:
(Including Phase 1 and 2 of first module of Towards 2016.)
Supervisors with 1 – 4 Participants
| Scale | Wage Grant | PRSI Grant | Total Grant |
| Point 1 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Supervisors with 5 -14 Participants
| Scale | Wage Grant | PRSI Grant | Total Grant |
| Point 1 | 422.67 | 46.28 | 468.95 |
Supervisors with 15 or more Participants
| Scale | Wage Grant | PRSI Grant | Total Grant |
| Point 1 | 478.97 | 52.45 | 531.42 |