Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:

Yes. As the Comptroller and Auditor General pointed out, supplementary welfare allowance is a broad brush that applies across a significant number of schemes, the big three being the three that are the subject of the report here. What we track is the number of applicants and recipients, and changes in the eligibility for the scheme also have an impact in terms of the expenditure levels. It is both the claimant numbers and the actual level of support that is being provided, one way or another, and whether that is made up through their increased contribution or whether it is that the eligibility criteria have tightened, as in the case of mortgage interest supplement, for example.