National Internship Scheme Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 April 2016

Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Questions (78, 79)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

78. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of internships that were completed, by age group and by county, in 2014 and 2015; if these reports are available for 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7656/16]

Catherine Murphy

Question:

79. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of internships that were not completed; the reason for this; the results by age group and by county in 2014 and 2015; if these reports are available for 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7657/16]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection

I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 and 79 together.

JobBridge, the National Internship Scheme, was introduced in July 2011 in response to the unprecedented collapse in the economy – particularly the sharp increase in unemployment. The aim of the scheme was to help unemployed people to break the cycle whereby they could not get a job without experience, but could not get experience without a job.

To date, a total of 46,537 people started an internship, of which 15,211 progressed into employment immediately on completing the internship. Independent research indicates that c 60% of jobseekers who participated in JobBridge progressed into paid employment within 5 months of completing an internship. There are currently 4,005 participants on the programme.

A breakdown of the JobBridge internships that were completed and those that were not by age group and by county and showing the reasons provided by interns for non-completion for 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date follows.

Breakdown by County 2014

County	Finished Early	Completed in Full	Total
CARLOW	65	82	147
CAVAN	77	107	184
CLARE	130	125	255
CORK	517	525	1042
DONEGAL	164	239	403
DUBLIN	1993	1742	3735
GALWAY	356	385	741
KERRY	127	203	330
KILDARE	205	210	415
KILKENNY	70	91	161
LAOIS	78	87	165
LEITRIM	41	40	81
LIMERICK	300	328	628
LONGFORD	27	49	76
LOUTH	156	155	311
MAYO	170	194	364
MEATH	169	154	323
MONAGHAN	88	121	209
OFFALY	86	78	164
ROSCOMMON	41	58	99
SLIGO	105	132	237
TIPPERARY	165	225	390
WATERFORD	137	211	348
WESTMEATH	150	151	301
WEXFORD	145	176	321
WICKLOW	112	110	222
Total	5674	5978	11652

Breakdown by County 2015

County	Finished Early	Completed in Full	Total
CARLOW	77	73	150
CAVAN	56	97	153
CLARE	76	132	208
CORK	422	474	896
DONEGAL	110	226	336
DUBLIN	1548	1571	3119
GALWAY	304	385	689
KERRY	153	234	387
KILDARE	209	216	425
KILKENNY	60	100	160
LAOIS	75	86	161
LEITRIM	30	47	77
LIMERICK	246	351	597
LONGFORD	37	53	90
LOUTH	143	183	326
MAYO	123	197	320
MEATH	130	163	293
MONAGHAN	74	123	197
OFFALY	70	104	174
ROSCOMMON	49	66	115
SLIGO	88	123	211
TIPPERARY	126	224	350
WATERFORD	135	214	349
WESTMEATH	117	167	284
WEXFORD	112	189	301
WICKLOW	90	131	221
Total	4660	5929	10589

Breakdown by County 2016 to date - 25th March

County	Finished Early	Completed in Full	Total
CARLOW	15	12	27
CAVAN	11	15	26
CLARE	10	24	34
CORK	109	96	205
DONEGAL	25	49	74
DUBLIN	245	312	557
GALWAY	60	73	133
KERRY	31	60	91
KILDARE	42	46	88
KILKENNY	13	20	33
LAOIS	9	18	27
LEITRIM	5	12	17
LIMERICK	42	69	111
LONGFORD	7	4	11
LOUTH	38	33	71
MAYO	23	47	70
MEATH	18	25	43
MONAGHAN	10	23	33
OFFALY	11	15	26
ROSCOMMON	8	14	22
SLIGO	15	16	31
TIPPERARY	15	56	71
WATERFORD	27	53	80
WESTMEATH	32	37	69
WEXFORD	30	38	68
WICKLOW	8	26	34
Total	859	1193	2052

Breakdown by age

2014
Age	Finished Early	Completed Full Term		Grand Total
18-19	181	143		324
20-24	1555	1428		2983
25-34	2418	2438		4856
35-44	924	1099		2023
45-54	464	645		1109
55+	132	225		357
Grand Total	5674	5978		11652
2015
Age	Finished Early	Completed Full Term		Grand Total
18-19	192	163		355
20-24	1150	1274		2424
25-34	1959	2287		4246
35-44	850	1253		2103
45-54	406	717		1123
55+	103	235		338
Grand Total	4660	5929		10589
2016 (to March 25th)
Age	Finished Early	Completed Full Term		Grand Total
18-19	41	28		69
20-24	196	211		407
25-34	364	474		838
35-44	163	270		433
45-54	75	167		242
55+	20	43		63
Grand Total	859	1193		2052

Reasons for non-completion of internships

2014	2014
Caring responsibilities	65
Cost factors	153
Emigrated	71
Got job elsewhere	1441
Got job with Host Organisation	957
Got job with Host Organisation - PRSI Scheme	113
Health reasons	290
In further education and training	270
JobBridge Follow-up (Internal)	34
Maternity Leave	28
No further update available	513
Other (Unknown)	8
Personal reasons	541
Placement wasn't suitable	700
Returned to job search	371
Suspension - Various reasons	3
Took up another JobBridge placement	109
Took up WPP	3
(blank)	4
Grand Total	5674

2015
Caring responsibilities	59
Cost factors	106
Emigrated	65
Got job elsewhere	1139
Got job with Host Organisation	835
Got job with Host Organisation - PRSI Scheme	105
Health reasons	224
In further education and training	207
JobBridge Follow-up (Internal)	32
Maternity Leave	22
No further update available	421
Other (Unknown)	1
Personal reasons	404
Placement wasn't suitable	641
Returned to job search	316
Suspension - Various reasons	5
Took up another JobBridge placement	74
Took up WPP	3
(blank)	1
Grand Total	4660

2016 - TO March 25th
Caring responsibilities	9
Cost factors	25
Emigrated	8
Got job elsewhere	177
Got job with Host Organisation	182
Got job with Host Organisation - PRSI Scheme	26
Health reasons	58
In further education and training	25
JobBridge Follow-up (Internal)	5
Maternity Leave	6
No further update available	71
Personal reasons	90
Placement wasn't suitable	117
Returned to job search	45
Suspension - Various reasons	1
Took up another JobBridge placement	14
Grand Total	859