I'm not sure that 30,000 jobs can be attributed to JB.
Had this been the case then a faster recovery from the large percentage of unemployed after the downturn would be obvious, to all, and nobody in their right mind gives up a 'good thing' if its working so well, instead they find ways to improve it.
The minister is claiming here that of the 2,182,924 workforce (2014 figure) a full 30,000 or 1.37% can be attributed instrumentally to a scheme that had just 48,000 interns. That 62.5% of participants benefited by finding work as a direct result? I would hazard a guess this 'short period' after the internship was between 12 months to two years! Statistically at least this would explain why 30,000 were now working.
I could count, were I that way inclined, using the simplest of technology more than 10,000 that 'dropped out' of this intern scheme and are proud to mention it online. How many dropped out Minister?
That is an absolutely unheard of figure for any intern scheme to be honest, state sponsored or not! Even Googles private intern placement with training and their seemingly endless pockets does not achieve this level of placement. There is simply no way the minister could accept it at face value, and also have the intellect and wherewithal to have completed a degree course in medicine. Seriously have the Irish public now sunk so low in their basic understanding of this that they would accept such a figure? Is that where we are now?
Would the minister accept this figure were it one over and above the effectiveness of a new medical treatment, I would hazard a guess he most certainly would not. If it sounds too good to be true, then its most likely NOT! This has been painted, and unfortunately each person visiting the wall to paint it added even more colour. It now shows it a knock off.
I would strongly suggest the minister receives his final Indecon report and then promptly recoups some of the expenditure on this folly be asking politely for a refund!
Mick Wright
Posted on 29 Nov 2016 7:28 am
I'm not sure that 30,000 jobs can be attributed to JB.
Had this been the case then a faster recovery from the large percentage of unemployed after the downturn would be obvious, to all, and nobody in their right mind gives up a 'good thing' if its working so well, instead they find ways to improve it.
The minister is claiming here that of the 2,182,924 workforce (2014 figure) a full 30,000 or 1.37% can be attributed instrumentally to a scheme that had just 48,000 interns. That 62.5% of participants benefited by finding work as a direct result? I would hazard a guess this 'short period' after the internship was between 12 months to two years! Statistically at least this would explain why 30,000 were now working.
I could count, were I that way inclined, using the simplest of technology more than 10,000 that 'dropped out' of this intern scheme and are proud to mention it online. How many dropped out Minister?
That is an absolutely unheard of figure for any intern scheme to be honest, state sponsored or not! Even Googles private intern placement with training and their seemingly endless pockets does not achieve this level of placement. There is simply no way the minister could accept it at face value, and also have the intellect and wherewithal to have completed a degree course in medicine. Seriously have the Irish public now sunk so low in their basic understanding of this that they would accept such a figure? Is that where we are now?
Would the minister accept this figure were it one over and above the effectiveness of a new medical treatment, I would hazard a guess he most certainly would not. If it sounds too good to be true, then its most likely NOT! This has been painted, and unfortunately each person visiting the wall to paint it added even more colour. It now shows it a knock off.
I would strongly suggest the minister receives his final Indecon report and then promptly recoups some of the expenditure on this folly be asking politely for a refund!