Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which persons move from JobBridge to full-time employment; and in view of the upturn in employment her plans to gradually phase out the JobBridge programme. [16330/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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As of 23 April, 2015, approximately 36% of JobBridge interns went directly into employment on completion of their internship. The independent evaluation of JobBridge carried out by Indecon showed that progression into employment rose to 61% within 5 or more months of completing a JobBridge internship.

The Department will undertake a comprehensive econometric evaluation of JobBridge during 2015. This evaluation will inform any changes to the scheme.