Ms Helen Faughnan:

I was asked about the numbers on community employment schemes. As at 30 June, more than 22,500 people were on community employment schemes. We had 5,760 on Tús and 2,700 on the rural social scheme as of June of this year. I also have the figures for the end of August, at which time the number on community employment schemes was 22,790, we had 6,450 on Tús and on the rural social scheme we had 2,670. I have rounded the figures up slightly.