Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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743. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [20007/22]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs facilitates a paid internship scheme for University of Limerick students under the University's Cooperative Education programme.

Within the remit of that programme, the Department offers six month contracts running from January to June or July to December to four students each year following a selection process.  The students are paid at the first point of the Clerical Officer Standard PPC pay scale.  

There are no agencies under the aegis of my Department.