Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 March 2021
347. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of students who undertook work experience or internships with State and semi-State agencies under her aegis in 2019; the cost in terms of wages and allowances; and the estimated numerical capacity of State and semi-State agencies to provide work experience and internships on an annual basis. [12964/21]
View answerAs Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, I have responsibility for the governance of State Agencies and bodies under the aegis of my Department.
With regard to your question concerning student work experience and internships, and associated costings, with State and semi-State Agencies, this is an operational matter for the respective Agencies. In that context, I will forward your question to the relevant Agencies and bodies, under the aegis of my Department, and request them to respond directly to you on the matter. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51
|
Body |
Number of Work Experience Students |
Number of Interns |
Cost (Allowances / Wages) |
Estimated Numerical Capacity for Work Experience on Annual Basis |
|
Arts Council |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Chester Beatty Library |
1 |
€ 30,172 |
1 |
|
|
Crawford Art Gallery |
4 |
1 |
€0 |
TY Students : 4 Intern : N/A |
|
Failte Ireland |
15 |
Nil |
€0 |
Nil (See additional comments below) |
|
Foras na Gaeilge |
1 |
Nil |
€ 3,405.43 |
(See additional comments below) |
|
Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) |
1 |
Nil |
Living Wage: Salary up to fixed term end date of 10/09/19 was €14,000 in 2019 |
1 |
|
National Concert Hall |
3 |
Nil |
€0 |
3 |
|
National Gallery of Ireland |
22 |
5 |
€0 |
22 (See additional comments below) |
|
National Library of Ireland |
3 |
Nil |
€ 66,056.42 |
3 studentships & 1 internship |
|
National Museum of Ireland |
18 |
Nil |
€0 |
(See additional comments below) |
|
Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) |
Nil |
1 |
€28,250 |
1 |
|
Screen Ireland (formerly Irish Film Board) |
2 |
Nil |
€0 |
2 |
|
Sport Ireland |
0 |
Nil |
Nil |
0 |
|
TG4 |
8 |
Nil |
€95,056 |
6 (See additional comments below) |
|
Tourism Ireland |
4 |
1 |
€0 |
Nil (See additional comments below) |
|
Údarás na Gaeltachta |
10 |
Nil |
€290 per week |
10 (See additional comments below) |
|
Ulster-Scots Agency |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Additional Comments from Bodies |
|
|
Failte Ireland |
The response relates to 15 Transition Year Students on 1 week work experience. |
|
Foras na Gaeilge |
Estimated Numerical Capacity for Work Experience on Annual Basis: Over the past number of years, Foras na Gaeilge have facilitated work experience placements for third level students who must complete work experience as a module of their courses. Foras na Gaeilge have accommodated up to 5 students over the course of a year – usually in 12 week blocks or 1 day a week for an academic year for example. Foras na Gaeilge pay the students an allowance where appropriate for the duration of their placement. |
|
National Gallery of Ireland |
The National Gallery has engaged student work experience and internships in the past. These internship opportunities arose from long-standing established partnerships between the Gallery, art colleges, universities and art related networks. In 2019, a total of 5 interns were engaged within the Public Engagement and Collections & Research divisions. These internships proved to be a beneficial and practical way to develop students’ knowledge of art. On 30 April 2019, DTCAGSM informed the Gallery that requests for unpaid work experience placements, studentships or internships could no longer be facilitated and also confirmed that second level transition year students for one or two weeks could continue. The Gallery has a well-established Transition Year (TY) programme in place. The TY programme engages two cohorts of young people every April and December. In 2019, there were 11 transition year students onsite in April and December respectively. The TY programme is currently on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is expected that the TY programme will resume as soon as practicable. |
|
National Museum of Ireland |
Estimated Numerical Capacity for Work Experience on Annual Basis: Nil for 2020/2021. Cannot quantify for these years due to introduction of a new pending policy in relation to placements /work experience and due to COVID -19 restrictions in 2020. Research students/college students as part of their placement/ undertake research to support their studies. |
|
TG4 |
8 in total 4 in Jan to Aug 2019 4 in September to December 2019 |
|
Tourism Ireland |
2019: 1 x Finance Intern (19 Feb – 17 July, 2019) 4 x transition year students (max one week each during 2019) In spring of 2020, Tourism Ireland embarked on an exercise to look at their annual capacity to take on students. However, this was put on hold because of COVID-19 and the move to working from home. Tourism Ireland’s HR team will re-visit this post-COVID. |
|
Údarás na Gaeltachta |
€290 per week per student (May – August) |
