Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste referred to progression rates. A recent article listed the number of people who have taken part in JobBridge, the number currently on the scheme and the number of interns who subsequently found employment in the Department in which they did an internship. It found that of 261 interns in Departments, only one was offered a job and in that case the offer was for a six month contract only. Contrary to the figures the Tánaiste repeatedly cites from the Indecon report, only one quarter of interns in the public sector got a job afterwards and many of the positions they secured were not related to the internship.

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