Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reconsider the administrative rule in respect of the JobBridge scheme, which says that where an intern falls ill for a period of over ten days, the internship must be terminated and cannot be reinstated on the intern's recovery from illness; if she will reconsider this rule in the context of equality legislation under the grounds of disability; her views that this rule is not in keeping with the principles of equality; if she will consider changing the rule to allow an employer to suspend the internship until such time as the intern recovers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17990/15]

Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The limits on sick leave for JobBridge interns were designed having regard to the limited duration of the internship and is considered necessary to safeguard the integrity of the scheme.

The condition applies to all interns regardless of background or circumstances.

I have no immediate plans to change the terms and conditions of the scheme in that regard pending the evaluation of the scheme later this year.