Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit facilitate internships by students engaged in full-time or part-time further and higher education courses; if so, the number of interns his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit accept annually; if any or all of these interns receive remuneration of any kind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20010/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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No interns are currently engaged by my Department.  However, my Department does facilitate internships by students engaged in full-time or part-time further and higher education courses from time to time depending on business needs and the requirement for short term specific expertise.  In general such internships are unpaid but on occasion some such internships have been remunerated at the first point of the Executive Officer payscale.

The details requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department are a matter for the individual bodies concerned. Arrangements have been put in place by each Agency to facilitate the provision of information by State Bodies directly to members of the Oireachtas. The contact email addresses for each agency are set out in the table below.