Mr. John McKeon:

I dealt with that in my opening statement. At the previous session Deputies Willie O'Dea and John Brady mentioned a figure of €13,000 to €14,000 per job created. I would point out that JobPath does not create the jobs. It is not like Enterprise Ireland. JobPath advises people to compete for the jobs that are available. The appropriate metric is the cost per client served, which is €600. That compares more than favourably with the cost in a local employment service which provides a similar service. It is roughly the same as the Department's own internal cost.