Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for various unemployment reliefs such as JobBridge that continue to be awarded; the extent to which the schemes are proving successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47335/14]

Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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JobBridge was introduced to provide opportunities for jobseekers to gain real workplace experience and is not an unemployment support payment. As at 4 December, 2014, 35,833 individual internships had commenced, and 6,729 individuals were actually on internships. An independent evaluation of the scheme found that 61% of interns had moved into employment 5 or more months after finishing their internship.