Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Action Plan for Jobs: Discussion

2:40 pm

Mr. John Murphy:

I do not have any information on that but I would be happy to obtain it for the Deputy.

On internships, there is a balance to be struck in the context of prioritising support for people in the labour market who are in difficulty. It is not unreasonable that someone who has just graduated from college should take the time and trouble to find employment for a period. I do not believe it is reasonable to expect - given the scale of the unemployment problem - that the State can step in when people leave college and hand them-----

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