Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers in County Mayo participating in JobBridge that have when one participant completes his/her internship replaced that participant with another intern; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20149/14]

Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers in County Mayo that have participated in the JobBridge scheme since its inception; and of those the number that have actually gone on to employ participants after completion of the internship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20150/14]

Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have participated in the JobBridge scheme in County Mayo since its inception; the number of participants that have progressed to employment upon completion of their internship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20151/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 244 to 246, inclusive, together.

137 host organisations have taken on more than one intern under the Jobbridge scheme in County Mayo since the scheme commenced in July 2011. However, a host organisation may not, for a period of six months, take on another JobBridge intern in the same position as their previous JobBridge intern, except where the previous intern has moved directly into paid employment, either with the host organisation or another employer.

Since JobBridge commenced there have been 373 host organisations in total in County Mayo, of which 71 have employed their intern immediately upon completing their internship. There have been 731 interns in County Mayo, of whom 164 progressed directly into employment immediately upon completing their internship. It is to be noted that the percentage of interns at national level, who subsequently progress into employment within five months of completing their internship is in excess of 60%.