Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

There is in place a monthly reporting format which allows hosts and interns to cross-check on their mutual experiences. I suggest that the Deputy's constituent - I would be disappointed if she does not do this - who appears to be highly qualified, contacts the Department of Social Protection and provides it with a run-down of her experience, including the name of the school concerned. Often people starting off in teaching here perhaps on return to this country find it hard to obtain teaching hours. I assume that was the problem for the Deputy's constituent. I am sorry the Deputy's constituent did not contact the Department during the course of the experience. To date, the Department has carried out more than 8,000 inspections of JobBridge, which is probably the highest rate of inspections by any public body of a scheme.

It must be remembered that a school is strictly limited in the number of JobBridge interns it can employ, as are all employments. The number of interns permitted is based strictly on the number of school staff.

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