Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:

There is a protocol between the two. Because JobPath is relatively new there had been some timing issues as it was rolled out, whereby people have been referred perhaps to Tús or community employment, CE, or whatever other course, and at the same time have been part of a referral into JobPath and the issue arose as to which took precedence. JobPath is about getting people into employment and that is the first priority of the Department's strategy in activation, namely, to try to move as many people into employment as we can, but there are protocols. I think the problems that arose at the beginning have diminished and there are protocols in place in relation to how to handle situations as they arise when somebody finds themselves caught between two options.