Dáil debates
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions
National Internship Scheme Review
1:50 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I will answer the Deputy's question. In a small number of cases, as a result of on-site inspection processes, the Department formed the view that non-compliance by certain organisations warranted a decision to terminate the internship concerned or to suspend them from future participation for a period depending on the nature of the transgression. In the cases concerned, the decisions were taken on an administrative basis by individual inspectors. The host organisation had no recourse to any review of the decision, which is very different from tax cases. However, it has now been determined, and this is relevant to any future scheme, by the Office of the Information Commissioner that, in future, names of host organisations found to be non-compliant should and can be made available.
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