Departmental Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Questions (883)

Holly Cairns

Question:

883. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit facilitate internships by students engaged in full-time or part-time further and higher education courses; if so, the number of interns her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit accept annually; if any or all of these interns receive remuneration of any kind; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20003/22]

Written answers

Minister for Education

My Department is not currently offering internships to students in full or part-time education.

However, the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) in my department offers a 120 day placement annually to approximately 24 trainee educational psychologists in their second/third years of their doctoral courses in Educational and Child Psychology at University College Dublin (UCD) and Mary Immaculate College (MIC) in Limerick.

During this period trainees are supervised by qualified psychologists as they undertake casework and support and development work with students and with schools as part of the requirements of their doctoral programme. The students do not receive remuneration..

My Department does not hold information concerning internships that bodies under the aegis of the Department may have. Therefore, I have attached a contact list for the Deputy in order that she can engage with the bodies directly on this matter. 

Contact List