Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for allowing students who apply to do so to carry out internships in Departments while they are still in college, in order to gain experience in the areas in which they are studying. [8337/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am pleased to say that my Department has been offering internship opportunities for a number of years, focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on law graduates and final year law students. The Department has also been actively engaging with the FÁS Work Placement Programme (WPP) and has given work experience to a number of unemployed graduates under the Programme. I am committed to building on these solid foundations to provide work experience in a range of areas across the Justice and Equality sectors into the future.