Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 June 2014
108. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of companies and State agencies who have utilised JobBridge since its foundation; if she is satisfied that the internship programme is not creating displacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24107/14]
View answer310. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection the State agencies under his remit that have used and/or are currently using the JobBridge scheme; the number of JobBridge placements in State agencies in 2013; if any State agency takes on interns who do not receive any payment during their internship; the names of these agencies; and the total number of unpaid internships in State agencies in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23686/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 108 and 310 together.
Table 1 contains details of those State agencies that have participated in JobBridge since it commenced on 1 July, 2011. Table 2 contains details of JobBridge internships that commenced in 2013 with State agencies. Internships other than JobBridge internships in State agencies fall outside the remit of the Minister for Social Protection. As of 3 June, 2014, 13,433 host organisations had participated in JobBridge since it was launched on 1 July, 2011. Of those, 1,378 host organisations were in the Public Sector. While the independent evaluation of JobBridge undertaken by Indecon International Economic Consultants and launched by the Taoiseach and I on 1 May, 2013, found that there is a higher rate of progression into employment among participants who completed their internships in private sector organisations, at 54.8%, compared to 41.2% among participants who undertook their internship in a public sector organisation and 43% within the community and voluntary sector, it was also found that, in every sector, JobBridge internships are providing effective and high quality real-workplace experience to break the cycle where the unemployed, even those with good vocational or academic qualifications have difficulty securing employment without demonstrable work experience.
The exceptional rates of progression into employment among interns in the public sector, where a recruitment moratorium limits possibility of progression into employment with the host organisation, make it clear that the benefits gained by interns in public and voluntary sector host organisations significantly improve their employability and facilitate them in gaining employment either with their host organisation or with another employer.
I am satisfied that there is minimal displacement created by JobBridge on foot of the independent evaluation. Host organisations are required to give an undertaking that there is no displacement of existing employees when advertising an internship opportunity. Where displacement is alleged it is dealt with vigorously by the Department.
In order to protect the intern and to ensure the integrity of JobBridge, a variety of control measures and criteria are in place to prevent displacement of an existing position and to ensure appropriate training and development and that appropriate mentoring and support is provided to the intern. In addition to the initial vetting of advertisements and the requirement for the host organisation to participate in monthly compliance reporting, the Department has conducted over 6,400 onsite monitoring visits, either randomised visits/inspections with host organisations or for the investigation of complaints received from interns or concerned individuals. The Department treats such complaints very seriously.
Table 1 - State Agencies that have participated in JobBridge
|
STATE AGENCY |
|
Adoption Authority of Ireland |
|
An Bord Altranais |
|
An Chomhairle Leabharlanna / The Library Council |
|
An Garda Síochána |
|
Athlone Town Council |
|
Ballina Town Council |
|
Ballyfermot Citizens Information Service |
|
Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership |
|
Bord Bia |
|
Bord Gáis Networks |
|
Bord na Mona Plc |
|
Bord Scannán na hÉireann / Irish Film Board |
|
Border Regional Authority |
|
Border, Midland and Western Regional Assembly |
|
Bray Town Council |
|
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland |
|
Canal Communities Partnership |
|
Carlow County Council |
|
Carlow County Enterprise Board |
|
Castlebar Town Council |
|
Cavan and Monaghan ETB |
|
Cavan Local Authorities |
|
Central Bank of Ireland |
|
Central Statistics Office |
|
Chester Beatty Library |
|
Child and Family Agency Louth |
|
Citizens Information Board |
|
City of Cork VEC |
|
City of Dublin Education and Training Board |
|
City of Limerick VEC |
|
City of Waterford VEC |
|
Clare County Council |
|
Clare County Enterprise Board |
|
Co Cavan VEC |
|
Co Cork VEC |
|
Co Monaghan MABS |
|
Co. Waterford VEC |
|
Co. Wicklow VEC |
|
Coillte |
|
Commission for Aviation Regulation |
|
Commission for Energy Regulation |
|
Competition Authority |
|
Cork City Coroners Office |
|
Cork City Council |
|
Cork City Enterprise Board Ltd. |
|
Cork County Council |
|
Cork Opera House |
|
County Dublin VEC |
|
County Kildare Leader Partnership |
|
County Tipperary Joint Libraries Committee |
|
Courts Service |
|
Crafts Council of Ireland |
|
Defence Forces |
|
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine |
|
Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht |
|
Department of Defence - Newbridge |
|
Department of Education & Skills |
|
Department of Finance |
|
Department of Health |
|
Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation |
|
Department of Justice & Equality |
|
Department of Public Expenditure & Reform |
|
Department of Social Protection |
|
Department of the Taoiseach |
|
Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport |
|
Dept of Environment, Community & Local Government |
|
Dept. of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources |
|
Donegal County Council |
|
Donegal County Enterprise Board |
|
Drogheda Port Company |
|
Dublin Airport Authority |
|
Dublin Bus |
|
Dublin City Council - Woodquay |
|
Dublin Institute of Technology |
|
Dublin Tourism |
|
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council |
|
Dún Laoghaire VEC |
|
Dundalk Institute of Technology |
|
Dungarvan Town Council |
|
Dungarvan VTOS |
|
Enterprise Ireland |
|
Environmental Protection Agency |
|
Equality Authority |
|
Equality Tribunal |
|
ESB (Head Office) |
|
Fáilte Ireland |
|
Family Support Agency |
|
Fingal County Council |
|
Food Safety Authority of Ireland |
|
Forfás |
|
Galway City Council |
|
Galway County & City Enterprise Board |
|
Galway County Council |
|
Health Service Executive |
|
Health and Safety Authority |
|
Heritage Council |
|
Human Rights Commission |
|
IDA Ireland |
|
Personal Injuries Assessment Board |
|
Inland Fisheries Ireland |
|
Irish Aviation Authority |
|
Irish Medicines Board |
|
Irish Museum of Modern Art |
|
Irish Sports Council |
|
Irish Water Safety |
|
Kerry County Council |
|
Kerry Education and Training Board |
|
Kildare County Council |
|
Kildare County Enterprise Board Ltd |
|
Kilkenny County Enterprise Board |
|
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board |
|
Laois County Council |
|
Laois County Enterprise Board Limited |
|
Léargas |
|
Legal Aid Board |
|
Leitrim County Council |
|
Limerick City Adult Education Service |
|
Limerick City Council |
|
Limerick City Enterprise Board |
|
Limerick County Council |
|
Limerick County Enterprise Board |
|
Limerick Social Services Council Ltd |
|
Local Government Management Agency |
|
Longford County Council |
|
Louth & Meath Education & Training Board |
|
Louth County Council |
|
Louth Leader Partnership |
|
Marine Institute |
|
Mayo County Council |
|
Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB |
|
Meath County Council |
|
Medical Council |
|
Midland Regional Authority |
|
Monaghan County Council |
|
Muintearas |
|
National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) |
|
National Concert Hall |
|
National Gallery of Ireland |
|
National Museum of Ireland |
|
North & East Kerry Development |
|
North Cork Adult Education Services |
|
North Cork Enterprise Board |
|
North Tipperary County Council |
|
North Tipperary Leader Partnership |
|
Offaly County Council |
|
Office of Public Works |
|
Office of the Attorney General |
|
Office Of the Chief State Solicitor |
|
Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General |
|
Office of the Ombudsman |
|
Office of the Pensions Ombudsman |
|
Office of the Secretary General to the President |
|
Oireachtas Library & Research Service |
|
Port of Waterford |
|
Private Residential Tenancies Board |
|
Radio Telefís Éireann |
|
Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland |
|
Revenue |
|
Roscommon County Council |
|
Roscommon County Enterprise Board Ltd |
|
Science Foundation Ireland |
|
Sligo County Council |
|
South Cork Enterprise Board |
|
South Dublin County Council |
|
South Tipperary County Council |
|
South-East Regional Authority |
|
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland |
|
Teagasc |
|
TG4 |
|
State Laboratory |
|
Tipperary North County Enterprise Board Ltd. |
|
Tipperary SR County Enterprise Board Ltd |
|
Tourism Ireland |
|
Valuation Office |
|
Waterford City Council |
|
Waterford County Council |
|
Waterways Ireland |
|
Western Development Commission |
|
Westmeath County Council |
|
Westmeath County Enterprise Board Ltd |
|
Wexford Arts Centre |
|
Wexford Local Authorities |
|
Wicklow County Council |
|
Wicklow County Enterprise Board |
Table 2 - JobBridge Internships that commenced in 2013 with State Agencies
|
- |
Completed Early |
Completed Full |
Ongoing |
Total |
|
An Garda Síochána |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Athlone Town Council |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Ballina Town Council |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Bord Bia |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Canal Communities Partnership |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Carlow County Council |
6 |
8 |
8 |
22 |
|
Castlebar Town Council |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Cavan and Monaghan ETB |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
Cavan County Council |
8 |
8 |
5 |
21 |
|
Central Bank of Ireland |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Chester Beatty Library |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Citizens Information Board |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Clare County Council |
4 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
|
Co Monaghan MABS |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Co. Waterford VEC |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Coillte |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Commission for Energy Regulation |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Cork City Coroners Office |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Cork City Council |
3 |
10 |
4 |
17 |
|
Cork County Council |
23 |
24 |
5 |
52 |
|
Cork Opera House |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
County Dublin VEC |
1 |
1 |
||
|
County Tipperary Joint Libraries Committee |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Courts Service |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Crafts Council of Ireland |
9 |
15 |
27 |
51 |
|
Defence Forces |
6 |
2 |
8 |
|
|
Department of Agriculture & Food |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
|
Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
|
Department of Education & Skills |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Department of Finance |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Department of Health |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation |
4 |
3 |
7 |
|
|
Department of Justice & Law Reform |
8 |
3 |
4 |
15 |
|
Department of Public Expenditure & Reform |
4 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
|
Department of Social Protection |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
Department of the Taoiseach |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Dept of Environment, Community & Local Government |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Dept. of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources |
8 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
|
Donegal County Council |
8 |
15 |
5 |
28 |
|
Dublin Airport Authority |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Dublin City Council |
5 |
10 |
2 |
17 |
|
Dublin Institute of Technology |
3 |
3 |
6 |
|
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council |
4 |
4 |
1 |
9 |
|
Dun Laoghaire VEC |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Dundalk Institute of Technology |
6 |
5 |
3 |
14 |
|
Dungarvan VTOS |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Enterprise Ireland |
6 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
|
Environmental Protection Agency |
13 |
8 |
2 |
23 |
|
ESB |
26 |
14 |
7 |
47 |
|
Failte Ireland |
8 |
6 |
1 |
15 |
|
Fingal County Council |
3 |
1 |
12 |
16 |
|
Galway City Council |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Galway County Council |
5 |
13 |
8 |
26 |
|
Grangegorman Development Agency |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Health Service Executive |
38 |
36 |
17 |
91 |
|
IDA Ireland |
6 |
8 |
4 |
18 |
|
Personal Injuries Assessment Board |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Inland Fisheries Ireland |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Irish Medicines Board |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Irish Museum of Modern Art |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
Irish Sports Council |
4 |
4 |
||
|
Kerry County Council |
1 |
10 |
1 |
12 |
|
Kerry Education and Training Board |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
Kildare County Council |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Kildare County Enterprise Board Ltd |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Laois County Council |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
Legal Aid Board |
2 |
6 |
2 |
10 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
4 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
|
Limerick City Council |
7 |
6 |
8 |
21 |
|
Limerick County Council |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Limerick Social Services Council Ltd |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Local Government Management Agency |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Louth & Meath Education & Training Board |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Louth County Council |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Louth Leader Partnership |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Marine Institute |
10 |
9 |
3 |
22 |
|
Mayo County Council |
6 |
17 |
6 |
29 |
|
Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
Muintearas |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
National Cancer Control Programme |
2 |
4 |
6 |
|
|
National Cancer Screening Service |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
National Concert Hall |
1 |
1 |
||
|
National Gallery of Ireland |
1 |
1 |
||
|
National Museum of Ireland |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
North & East Kerry Development |
4 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
|
North Cork Enterprise Board |
1 |
1 |
||
|
North Tipperary County Council |
6 |
8 |
5 |
19 |
|
North Tipperary LEADER Partnership |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Offaly County Council |
1 |
5 |
1 |
7 |
|
Office of Public Works |
10 |
10 |
4 |
24 |
|
Office Of The Chief State Solicitor |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Office of the Ombudsman |
2 |
2 |
||
|
Office of the Pensions Ombudsman |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Oireachtas Library & Research Service |
3 |
3 |
||
|
Port of Waterford |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Radio Telefis Eireann |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Revenue Commissioners |
2 |
4 |
6 |
|
|
Roscommon County Council |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
|
Sligo County Council |
8 |
10 |
5 |
23 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
South Tipperary County Council |
1 |
5 |
2 |
8 |
|
Southern & Eastern Regional Assembly |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland |
5 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
|
Teagasc |
32 |
32 |
10 |
74 |
|
TG4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
The Douglas Hyde Gallery |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Waterford City Council |
3 |
5 |
4 |
12 |
|
Waterford County Council |
10 |
9 |
3 |
22 |
|
Western Development Commission |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Westmeath County Council |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Westmeath County Enterprise Board Ltd |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Wexford Arts Centre |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Wexford Local Authorities |
6 |
7 |
3 |
16 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Totals |
386 |
414 |
234 |
1034 |
