Ms Helen Faughnan:

We have 22 councils engaging with the Department and our target is to fill 1,200 placements on Gateway by the end of this year, with the balance of the 1,800 next year. Different councils are at different stages. In Cork I know letters have issued to participants, and Cork City Council is looking at having five teams of 12 people in place on the various schemes. We are probably writing to approximately three times as many people as the councils need to ensure we are oversubscribed and will have sufficient people referenced to the councils. I can give a list of the names.