Mr. John McKeon:

To deal with the issue the Deputy raised, the exceptional needs payment is still used to help fund deposits, help people with kit out and so forth. All of that still happens. There was a historical arrangement in Cork where the community welfare service in Cork paid for people's accommodation, which is really the responsibility of the city and county councils there. During 2019 we transferred that back to the city and county councils. That is the reference. It was the only part of the country where the community welfare service used to do that. That is what the reference is.