Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 September 2011
255 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of places that have been offered on the job bridge scheme; the number of successful applicants there have been to date in 2011; the number of places that have been removed for being inappropriate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24664/11]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs of Friday 16th September a total of 2,471 internship opportunities with host organisations were approved and were available on the JobBridge website to be filled. In addition, to date 1,276 interns have commenced an internship under the JobBridge scheme. Of these, 583 individuals have converted their Work Placement Programme placement into a JobBridge internship.
The Department is continuously monitoring the internships which are located on the JobBridge website. To date approximately 200 internship opportunities, which were clearly not in accordance with the intent of the scheme have been removed.
