Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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As I said, some countries, such as Austria, have an account system for each family and household but this is not something that is under active consideration in the Department currently. The Department is trying to develop pathways and the personal services card. We are also attempting to get a lot of people back into work training, education and so on. This is our priority currently. In Ireland, we would need significant changes in IT technology to do as is done in Austria. However, the pathways process will look at the profile of what the family is earning, so the individual -----