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There are calls for the timescale of employment for participants on Tus and community employment schemes throughout the region to be extended.
Independent Councillor Marie Casserly says participants in these schemes are contributing greatly to their local communities as well as benefiting socially from being on the schemes.
However, she says that after a certain period of time they must leave the scheme they are on, and cannot avail of it again until another period of time has passed.
Cllr Casserly says this is unsatisfactory for many participants and for groups that sponsor schemes.