(1) Section 2(2)(a) (amended by section 15 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010) of the Principal Act is amended in subparagraph (v) by inserting "or the scheme administered by An Foras Áiseanna Saothair and known as the national internship scheme" after "the Industrial Training Act 1967".

(2) Section 247A (inserted by section 27 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010) of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) by inserting "during any week or part of a week" before "while he or she is engaged", and

(b) by substituting "the scheme referred to in section 298A(1)(b) (inserted by section 16 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011)" for "the programme referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 298A (inserted by section 27(b) of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010)".

(3) Section 298A (inserted by section 27 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010) of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following subsection for subsection (1):

"(1) A person who is engaged by another person to carry out work or perform any duty or service pursuant to a placement under -

(a) the work placement programme within the meaning of subsection (3) of section 142B,