Mr. John McKeon:

The Senator should feel free to send it on to me directly also and I will ensure it is followed up. We are aware and understand the criticism of JobBridge because of employers who if they see a way to arbitrage the system will do so, but we will not tolerate it.

A question was asked about the success of JobBridge. We will commission further research this year to evaluate JobBridge. The internal figures we have examine known progression to employment immediately at the end of JobBridge and this supports the fact it is still above 60%. We must be conscious of the fact that people who sign off the live register do not have to tell us what they are doing. We rely on people when they sign off stating they are going into employment. They can sign off and not tell us. We do not get responses from approximately 20% to 30% of people. They just sign off and that is it. Of those about whom we know we are confident the figure of 60% is maintained.