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

I am asking about JobBridge because I was somewhat taken aback in one respect. The Minister said "the Department will now hold a consultation process on the principles proposed by the Labour Market Council, that a new programme should" be developed. I was surprised that one programme was stopped before the next programme was developed. This seemed to happen very suddenly. I am not saying there should not be a new programme. There is a suggestion that it will be some time before the new programme comes into play. What is the reasoning behind this approach? When is the new programme likely to start?