Ms Marion Wilkinson:

The NDA has produced a paper on the delivery of vocational rehabilitation that we would be delighted to share. To reinforce the comments from the Rehab Group, we just do not have a system in place in Ireland. The return-to-work aspect after acquiring a disability is one in respect of which the system does not talk to itself. On the point about triggering a disability allowance or an illness benefit and the kinds of supports that kick in at that point, we just do not have in place what I have in mind. Other jurisdictions look at the job coach, the support and employment person, as a case manager who does all the navigation and linking in. We have some information that we could share on that.