Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, the number of participants on JobBridge since its inception on a county basis and on a yearly basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31841/14]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of past participants in JobBridge that are currently in full-time employment and not in receipt of a social protection payment; in full-time employment and in receipt of a social protection payment, for example, family income supplement; in part-time employment and in receipt of a social protection payment; or are still on the live register and classed as full-time unemployed; her views on the effectiveness or otherwise of JobBridge as a labour market activation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31911/14]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of host organisations on the JobBridge programme who have taken on between one and nine interns; the number who have taken on between ten and 20 interns; the number who have taken on between 21 and 50 interns; the number who have taken on between 51 and 100 interns; and those who have taken on 101 or more since the commencement of the programme in July 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31974/14]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of monitoring visits conducted on the JobBridge programme in each of the following years, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31975/14]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of host organisations who have participated in the JobBridge programme since July 2011 in each of the following categories, private sector; public sector; community and voluntary sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31976/14]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of monitoring visits conducted on the JobBridge programme since July 2011 in host organisations in each of the following, private sector; public sector; community and voluntary sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31977/14]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of monitoring visits conducted on the JobBridge programme since July 2011 arising out of complaints and requests made by interns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31978/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 118, 125 and 130 to 134, inclusive, together.

The number of JobBridge interns since the scheme commenced on 1 July, 2011, by county and by year is set out in Table 1.

The department does not routinely collate data on post scheme (JobBridge, Community Employment, Tús etc) employment/unemployment episodes of participants. Progression outcomes are in general evaluated as a survey/study basis by bodies such as the ESRI.

In the case of JobBridge, the independent evaluation of JobBridge by Indecon found that, at the time of survey, 61% of former JobBridge interns had moved into employment within 5 or more months after finishing their internship and that 45.2% of former JobBridge interns in employment were in full time permanent employment, 9.3% were in part time permanent employment, 35.0% were in full time temporary employment and 10.5% were in part time temporary employment.

The number of JobBridge host organisations by number of interns taken on is set out in Table 2.

The number of monitoring visits conducted on JobBridge internships in each year of operation is set out in Table 3.

The number of Jobridge host organisations in the public, private and community and voluntary sector is set out in Table 4.

More than 6,600 on-site monitoring visits have been conducted in the 3 years since the JobBridge scheme was introduced. These on-site monitoring visits to host organisations are either chosen at random or visits arranged in response to concerns raised by interns or others. The Department does not distinguish between monitoring visits conducted at random or in response to concerns raised or between those carried out with host organisations in different sectors.

Since JobBridge came into operation, the Department has received 464 such expressions of concern. All such complaints are investigated as a matter of urgency. 97% of all monitoring visits conducted found internships to be proceeding satisfactorily and in line with the established criteria.

Table 1: JobBridge Interns by County and by Year

Table 2: JobBridge Host Organisations by Number of Interns taken on

Table 3: Monitoring Visits conducted on JobBridge Internships by Year

Table 4: JobBridge Host Organisations by Sector (Cumulative Total)