Ms Carol Baxter:

My colleague Ms Rooney will talk about the BOTPs. We have been working for some time with the centre managers. IPAS has a responsibility to support people to access services. We have co-located HSE test staff, again to provide support, but we also see civil society as important, so we are working on a programme to provide funding to NGOs that will directly support centres. The Deputy will be aware many of our existing centres have Friends of the Centre and we are working to intensify that support. There is also an international protection integration fund. The call for that has just closed and we received 165 applications for funding. A national integration fund will also be announced later this year, again with a view to supporting civil society capacity in that space. It is multifaceted. As for local authorities, our understanding is the recruitment process will begin shortly.