AQW 36145/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
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.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 24 November 2025
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 24 November 2025
- Answer due by
- 9 December 2025
- Answered
- 9 January 202646 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
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 |