Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

One of the difficulties with the EGF and one of the issues we hit in our own review is the question of whether we could commit to longer funding than the two years allowed under the EGF. Obviously, there are some relevant higher education courses that are longer than two years and if workers were willing to commence on an understanding that they would seek to complete them, I do not think we should not allow workers to commence them under the EGF. We would seek to help them in any way we can, provided it is in a manner consistent with the EGF and our overall funding arrangements.