Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister of State has alluded to, we have, to be fair, made significant improvements to the CE schemes in recent years. We have got co-operation from the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to do that. People forget that it is not only a job activation scheme. CE schemes are also providing good supports and social services to the community. It is a matter of striking a balance between job activation and services in the community. The Minister of State and I have put a lot of time into trying to improve the scheme. We have a stakeholders forum. We listen to the members of the forum and if we can make changes, we do so. We have made a lot of good, positive changes. We will keep at it. That is what we are here to do.