Ms Claire Cumiskey:

I cannot give that figure. It is estimated there are 30,000 undocumented migrant workers in the State. I cannot comment on the number of those who have fallen out of the system through no fault of their own. INIS introduced a scheme in 2009 for undocumented migrant workers who had been exploited and who previously held a work permit in the State to get back into the system which proved successful. We also had direct experience of that. It gave people the opportunity to become economically viable when they would not have the chance without the scheme.