Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The reality is that the Department of Social Protection through its work with individuals at its Intreo offices identified the area of greatest need. This was a pilot scheme for which there was an initial allocation. The expectation was that the after school service would be more in demand. In fact the Intreo offices and the Department of Social Protection identified a greater need for the community employment scheme, that it was the type of scheme to which it would refer people and that is the reason the change has been made.