Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of host organisations on the JobBridge programme that have taken on between one and four interns; the number that have taken on five to nine interns; the number that have taken on ten to 20 interns; the number that have taken on 21 to 50 interns; the number that have taken on 51 to 100 interns; and those that 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. [1583/15]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of interns placed with the five host organisations that have taken on the highest number of interns since the commencement of the scheme in July 2011; if these organisations are in the private, public and-or community and voluntary sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1584/15]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of host organisations that have been excluded from participation in the JobBridge scheme; if she will provide a breakdown of the reasons for the exclusion since the commencement of the scheme in July 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1585/15]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in a tabular form the number of participants who have commenced a JobBridge internship in each Department, public body and agency since the commencement of the programme in July 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1586/15]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the implementation of the youth development internship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1589/15]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to conduct a second evaluation of the JobBridge scheme in view of the recommendation in the Indecon report published in April 2013 that such an evaluation should be conducted every two years and should include a control group analysis to ascertain the effectiveness of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1593/15]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants who have commenced an internship to date on the JobBridge scheme aged under 25 years; the number aged 25 to 34 years; the number aged 35 to 44 years; the number 45 to 54 years and the number aged over 55 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1594/15]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on the JobBridge scheme in the high, medium and low PEX category who have commenced an internship to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1595/15]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has undertaken or plans to undertake an analysis of the progression rates to employment for JobBridge interns in the 310 host organisations that have taken on ten or more interns under the JobBridge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1596/15]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 30 April 2014, if her Department will collect data on the number of times the cooling off period has been waived under the JobBridge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1597/15]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of internships positions advertised on the JobBridge website since its establishment; the number of these advertised positions which have never been filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1598/15]

Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 83 to 86, inclusive, 89, and 93 to 98, inclusive, together.

Table 1 contains details of the breakdown of JobBridge host organisations by number of interns.

Table 2 contains details of the breakdown of JobBridge interns by age.

Table 3 contains details of the breakdown of JobBridge interns by Government Department and Agency.

Since the commencement of JobBridge in July 2011, 805 interns have been placed with the 5 host organisations with the highest number of interns, of whom 317 are currently on placement. 3 of those host organisations are in the public sector, 1 in the private sector and 1 in the community and voluntary sector.

At present, a total of 43 host organisations are excluded indefinitely from participation, a number of others are excluded for shorter periods of time. The reasons for exclusion from participation in the scheme vary and include issues such as poor quality internships, that there is evidence of employment displacement, that the internship as operated did not reflect that which was advertised and that Standard Agreement was not completed as required.

Following the announcement of the Youth Developmental Internship, when the Tánaiste invited expressions of interest from potential host organisations, the Department has undertaken a number of actions to develop and promote interest in the scheme. In addition to contacting a range of potential host organisations the Department has also contacted the Education and Training Board Ireland (ETBI) to develop a one week work preparation course. It is envisaged that the first intake of participants will be in March/April 2015.

The Department, in the immediate future, will provide for quantitative evaluation of a number of programmes through econometric analysis of post-programme outcomes for participants and for control groups of non-participants. The evaluation approach will be based on learning from a “pathfinder” evaluation of the Back to Education Allowance currently close to finalisation by ESRI, exploiting data from a longitudinal jobseekers’ database developed by the Department. This project is establishing the extent to which the data, and the available evaluation techniques, are able to produce insights sufficient to support policy choices and the assessment of the costs and benefits of alternative approaches. Building on the outcome of the pathfinder project, it is intended to launch structured, econometric, evaluation(s) of a number of further programmes, including JobBridge, in 2015.

Participation in JobBridge is voluntary therefore prospective interns are free to apply for internships which are of interest to them. As such PEX is not a determining factor for participation and the data regarding PEX as requested by the question is not routinely recorded as part of the JobBridge process.

The Department receives employer supplied progression data at the end of each internship which outlines the reason for the completion of the internship. This information will form part of the econometric evaluation examining progression rates for a number of activation programmes as outlined above.

In general the cooling off period applies to all host organisations as per the scheme guidelines. In cases where the cooling off period is waived this is done on a case by case basis, and as such statistics are not maintained.

From July, 2011, some 65,686 internship positions have been advertised by host organisations, of which 29,387 internship have not been filled.

Table 1: Breakdown of JobBridge Host Organisations by number of interns (As at 8 January, 2015)