Written answers
Tuesday, 31 March 2015
Department of Social Protection
National Internship Scheme Data
Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 15 July 2014, since that reply issued, the number of investigations that have taken place following complaints made by interns on the JobBridge scheme; the number of these that resulted in a finding against a host organisation; the number of companies that have been banned from the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13016/15]
Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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216. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 5 March 2014, if, since that reply issued, any Department or statutory body has been banned from making use of the JobBridge Scheme. [13020/15]
Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have taken part in the JobBridge scheme in the Fingal, South Dublin, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown, Dublin City, County Carlow and County Kilkenny local authority areas; the number that are ongoing; and the number that are completed. [13021/15]
Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 15 July 2015, the number of companies that have been banned from using the JobBridge scheme; the names of those companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13028/15]
Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)
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227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the top-up payment of €50 for those currently on the JobBridge scheme was determined; her views that this amount is fair; her plans to increase it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13141/15]
Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the report by the European Court of Auditors which stated three major risks to the success of the JobBridge scheme, namely, insufficient funding, jobs that do not lead to real employment and the absence of proper monitoring to ensure the schemes deliver; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13308/15]
Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 212, 216, 217, 221, 227 and 245 together.
Since 15th July, 2014, a total of 108 JobBridge complaints have been recorded on the Department’s centralized complaints facility. As a matter of course, all complaints are investigated. As at 27th March, 2015, a total of 43 host organisations had been disqualified from participation in the scheme. Since 15th July, 2014, 9 host organisations had been disqualified indefinitely from participation in the scheme and 7 others are excluded for shorter periods of time.
None of the host organisations excluded from participation in JobBridge was a Government Department or statutory body.
I am including at table 1 numbers of internships in Dublin, Carlow and Kilkenny. In total, 13,564 internships have commenced in those areas, of which 11,727 are completed and 1,837 are in progress.
The level of the weekly top-up for interns was determined in view of additional expenses that may be incurred by participants over and above the expenses of the job search they would be undertaking in any case. There are no plans to increase the level of weekly top-up.
The Department is examining the contents of Special report no 3/2015 of the European Court of Auditors on implementation of the EU Youth Guarantee in 5 Member States including Ireland. The risks referred to by the Deputy do not refer specifically to Ireland. It is worth noting that the Court found that only Ireland had made reference to the mutual obligation in activation measures of National Authorities and jobseekers and that Ireland’s implementation report “focused extensively on the Youth Guarantee” unlike other Member States.
Table 1. Internships in Dublin, Carlow and Kilkenny
County/District | On Internship | Grand Total | ||
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CARLOW | 83 | 495 | ||
DUBLIN 1 | 112 | 947 | ||
DUBLIN 10 | 38 | 146 | ||
DUBLIN 11 | 60 | 341 | ||
DUBLIN 12 | 100 | 724 | ||
DUBLIN 13 | 7 | 70 | ||
DUBLIN 14 | 38 | 244 | ||
DUBLIN 15 | 120 | 769 | ||
DUBLIN 16 | 15 | 110 | ||
DUBLIN 17 | 34 | 200 | ||
DUBLIN 18 | 58 | 506 | ||
DUBLIN 2 | 293 | 2748 | ||
DUBLIN 20 | 11 | 81 | ||
DUBLIN 22 | 53 | 413 | ||
DUBLIN 24 | 82 | 637 | ||
DUBLIN 3 | 52 | 338 | ||
DUBLIN 4 | 60 | 653 | ||
DUBLIN 5 | 18 | 90 | ||
DUBLIN 6 / 6W | 48 | 377 | ||
DUBLIN 7 | 93 | 483 | ||
DUBLIN 8 | 113 | 753 | ||
DUBLIN 9 | 44 | 353 | ||
DUBLIN NORTH COUNTY - FINGAL | 108 | 700 | ||
DUBLIN WEST COUNTY | 28 | 125 | ||
DUN LAOGHAIRE - RATHDOWN | 82 | 696 | ||
KILKENNY | 87 | 565 | ||
Grand Total | 1837 | 13564 |
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