Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

When Ms Hurley is sending us the note, she might give us the detail on how many are working through agents. There were agents on the radio during the week. An agent was saying he was the collecting agent and was passing it on to the landlord. Out of the 21,000 or 42,000, how many are covered by agents? I am sure some agents could have 100 or more properties. They might not be the landlords but they are agents. I do not want a breakdown on landlords alone.

The HAP shared service officials will have details of that. Ms Hurley and her colleagues might send that on to us as soon as possible.

My two final questions for the officials from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection relate to the briefing note they supplied. I refer to document 1745(2). We have been given a summary of the outturn for 2017 and for this year up to the end of October under all categories of payments. We have also been given the 2018 Estimate. My question relates to Appendix 2 to the document and the working age employment supports. I am surprised that the Tús Estimate for 2018 represents a considerable reduction on last year's outturn and that the Department's Estimates for the back-to-work enterprise and back-to-education allowances and back-to-work family dividend represent a considerable reduction on last year's figures. Will Mr. McKeon comment on why the Estimates for 2018 are significantly below the previous figures?