Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 96: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if Members of the Oireachtas will be able to hire interns under the national internship scheme. [16854/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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In order to offer an internship opportunity under the national internship scheme, host organisations must be legal entities. This criterion is in place to prevent possible abuses of the scheme such as displacement and deadweight and to ensure that interns receive a quality internship. Members of the Oireachtas will, therefore, be ineligible to participate in the national internship scheme as they are not legal entities.