Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Hession is probably not in a position to address this today as it probably requires further discussion. However, the Department needs to make the position very clear. People are capable of bringing things to their logical conclusions. If there is an obligation, is there a sanction? If there is a sanction, what is that sanction? If there is none, is it the intention of the Department to be coy and make it seem as if there is? If there is none and the Department just intends to sit on people, maybe I can understand that, but the Department needs to make it a little more clear that if there is a sanction, it does not necessarily entail a cutting off but perhaps a series of meetings. That needs to be clarified. People are capable of reading the text such that they might say it sounds like they will be cut off if they do not take up a job. I realise this is not something Mr. Hession can address here and now but the Department needs to put some thought into how it is communicating the logical conclusion of the statement.