Mr. Ciar?n Lawler:

I thank Senator Higgins for that suggestion. To clarify one point, anyone can voluntarily avail of the services of the public employment services and the Intreo offices. That is not contingent on being on a payment. I want to make that clarification. However, the Senator is correct that, in many cases, access to schemes requires people to be on a particular set of qualifying payments for a particular duration before they enter. She is correct in that and we accept her comments.