AQW 36145/22-27
Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford
Tabled Date: 24/11/2025
Answered On Date: 09/01/2026
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of employers who have signed up to the JobStart scheme, to date; and (ii) where current job opportunities are located, broken down by local council area.
Answer:
I am pleased to report that the volume of employers and job opportunities is growing every day. The following information is the position as of 30 November 2025: 653 employer applications had been received. The local council location of job opportunities advertised on JobApplyNI on that date is Council Area | No. of JobStart Opportunities | Antrim and Newtownabbey | 24 | Ards and North Down | 38 | Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon | 32 | Belfast | 172 | Causeway Coast and Glens | 31 | Derry City and Strabane | 86 | Fermanagh and Omagh | 20 | Lisburn and Castlereagh | 38 | Mid and East Antrim | 32 | Mid Ulster | 12 | Newry Mourne and Down | 35 | Total | 520 |
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