Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary has welcomed confirmation that arrangements whereby individual Community Service Programme Companies will be able to access additional financial resources for the increase in the minimum wage are being put in place by the Department of Social Protection. Deputy Calleary received the news in reply to a Parliamentary Question that he placed to the Minister in the Dáil before Christmas. “I have been in contact with all the CSP Companies in Mayo for the last number of weeks since the increase in minimum wage was announced. This increase in minimum wage, while welcome, would place extraordinary strain on the resources of the individual companies who … Continue reading CSP programmes entitled to additional financial support – Calleary