Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for her reply, although I do not think she answered the specific question I asked. I would like to know how many participants got placements with Departments, organisations, agencies or companies and how many of them were subsequently employed by those bodies. We have been told that 49% of those who did internships in the public sector have found paid employment, but I understand that for these purposes, "public sector" includes the community and voluntary sectors. How many of the State Departments, organisations, agencies and companies involved in these internships kept on the interns who had placements with them?