Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Are people who commence any of the programmes we are discussing taken off the live register? In other words, are they all counted as being in employment or do different procedures apply in this regard in respect of different participants and schemes?

On the fraud and control element to which the Minister referred, what are the criteria applying to recipients of jobseeker's payment in terms of the requirement to seek work? Is it necessary, for example, to produce evidence of having applied for two, three or five jobs per month?

On pensions, the Minister has made the important point that recipients of the State contributory pension have already been paid for that benefit. In the context of fraud and control measures, will she indicate whether significant numbers in receipt of the contributory pension are having their payment cut off?