Mr. Ed Murphy:

Very simply, through transparent commissioning of home help. Currently, approximately €50 million is put out to tender. The average cost in the tender situation is approximately €20 per hour. Currently, the provision that is not out to tender costs closer to €30 per hour, internally in the HSE or through section 39 funded companies. It ranges from €27 to €33 per hour. If provision is transparently commissioned through tendering, we will achieve a 30% reduction in costs. It should be open to everyone - not just private companies, but also not-for-profit organisations, section 39 funded companies and charities - to tender for home help provision. That is where the €117 million figure comes from. It is based on the amount spent on provision that has not been tendered for. I am sorry if I did not clarify that.