John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to raise one or two specific issues. There is reference in the opening statement to the Pathways to Work scheme in the period from 2016 to 2020. The targets relate primarily to rates of employment progression. There is a specific reference to moving 20,000 long-term unemployed persons to employment during 2016. The target of 20,000 was set prior to 2015 during development of the programme. Is that correct?