Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

With the Arts Council and the county arts officers, the Department launched a scheme to offer high quality internships working with arts officers to provide expertise for festivals, for example. Cork County Council has been fantastic in taking advantage of the scheme. The same applies to Clare County Council which always takes advantage of any opportunity offered and is prepared to give people a start. A number of county councils are highly successful in this regard. I have also had discussions with the deputy manager of Dublin City Council, with whom Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh will be familiar, and he is also very anxious to work the scheme. I have had discussions with the county manager in my own county about taking it up.