Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for her opening statement and her Department officials for all of the briefing documentation that was provided. With regard to the move from the pandemic unemployment payment to jobseeker's payment, which is set for the end of March, can the Minister explain what that will mean for those on PUP when they move onto the jobseeker's payment? Will they be engaged with as regards job activation or have they been engaged with already? Do we know why PUP numbers remain fairly high? Has there been any level of engagement with participants?