Terry Brennan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will be brief because one of the three questions I wanted to pose has already been answered. Could the witnesses give some indication as to when they will be in a position to review the Gateway scheme to determine its success or otherwise. How long do vetting approvals last and are they reviewed? If a person is, for argument's sake, vetted and approved for a carer position and then decides to take a job as a taxi driver, does that person have to be vetted again? I am glad to hear that the length of time that the vetting procedure takes has been reduced. I know five or six people who are participating in the scheme at the moment who have part-time jobs. They are anxious to work and are supplementing a part-time job. One individual, for example, is self-employed but does not have enough work to keep him going and is very happy on the scheme. Many scheme participants are very satisfied and do not want to go back on to the live register. In that context, we should consider keeping some people on who are genuinely anxious to continue working.