Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is quite a high success rate. I must get the figures for the Chairman. It is quite high. I have the MOMENTUM figures, but the Springboard figures are quite high. I remember reading the report. I do not have the figures in my head but I will send them on to the Chairman. There is a good report on that. The rates of placement and job creation are quite high, and there are some who get a job while in the middle of a Springboard course.

Returning to what Deputy McConalogue mentioned, there are some cases in which we see an applicant taking on a Springboard course, thinking it is the course that he or she wanted. It goes back to having the correct guidance at that intervention before the applicant picks the conversion course through Springboard. Some people drop out because they thought the course was something else. It goes back to the question of career guidance. That is why it is important that we have career guidance at every stage. However, Springboard is quite successful. It is well evaluated. There is a proper report, which I will send on to the Chairman.