John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I refer to reports and I hear what the Minister is saying about finishing one before commencing another. Two years ago she promised a report on young unemployed people. She indicated on Report Stage of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill that it was imminent, so when exactly is it expected? Is it next month or in two months?

I refer to the housing assistance payment, HAP. I am surprised that the Minister is saying that there is no drive to get people off rent supplement onto HAP because that is not the case in Wicklow. The county council is actively writing out to people in receipt of rent supplement telling them that they have to talk to their landlord and that their landlord has to sign up to the HAP payment or otherwise it will impact on their rent supplement payment-----