JUST UNDER TWO-FIFTHS of people who complete JobBridge internships go directly into full-time positions, social protection minister Joan Burton has said.

The social protection minister has revealed that the of the 2,364 people who had completed JobBridge placements by 14 May, 890 of those had immediately moved into employment, either with their JobBridge host or with another company.

Burton said this figure did not include those who may have secured paid placements in the period after their internship, but who had not found work immediately after their JobBridge placement included.

“A picture of the career paths of JobBridge interns will become clearer following the independent evaluation of the scheme which is being undertaken by Indecon International Economic Consultants,” the minister told Fine Gael backbencher Terence Flanagan.

Separate figures issued by Burton earlier this month showed that a total of 6,840 people had taken up JobBridge placements in the ten months since the programme had begun in July last year.

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