Ms ?ine Stapleton:

I thank the Deputy. Focus Ireland is a strong delivery partner and very much focused on the cohort we are discussing today, so we are happy to consider all the issues its representatives have raised. We are currently working through the recommendations the Deputy mentioned. On the specific one related to the requirement for notice of termination, one of the advantages is that it gives us clarity about the starting point and what is within the bounds, if you like, of this policy. We are reluctant to move away from that formal notice of termination. I understand where Focus Ireland is coming from in putting it forward, but from a departmental point of view, our preference is to have that clarity, so we are looking at a situation that falls within the parameters of the initiative we are discussing.