Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group)
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568. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons participating in internship schemes and self-employment support schemes on 30 June 2012; and the number of persons participation in the same schemes on 30 June 30 2013. [46874/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is published by the Central Statistics Office on their web site . I am informed that at the end of June 2012 there were 17,136 persons participating in internship schemes and self-employment support schemes compared to 17,257 at the end of June 2013. A breakdown of the participants by scheme and year is detailed in the tabular statement.