Ms Helen Faughnan:

I wish to clarify that for the first-stage payments at this emergency level, self-employed people should come in to discuss this as they would generally receive such payments at least. I always request that people come in. If they have been refused, they can always ask for the case to be reviewed and a separate officer, the manager or a supervisor would look at it. We are finding, right throughout the country, that different issues are arising because family circumstances are so diverse. We are tick-tacking around the country to ensure a consistent approach, etc. To date, people's payments have generally been made. When we consider that a relatively small number of households nationally have been evacuated, we have paid 270 such households in this immediate payment stage. I reiterate that the payments are going to increase in the next couple of weeks.