Ms Anne Vaughan:

Mr. John McKeon may say a little about that. Some of what we learned from talking to the potential JobPath providers is how all that dynamic works. The longer somebody is unemployed the more difficult it is to get a structure back into his or her life.

Before I pass over to Ms John McKeon, the Senator made a suggestion related to a policy area - on which I will comment but I assure the Chairman I will go not further than that - as to whether it would be better to have a higher unemployment payment which, as time passes would be reduced. The troika and others have spoken to us about this. We believe that the arrangements we have in place, taking account of replacement ratios and our supports, are adequate. It is a policy issue but it is not something that is new to us or that we would not have debated.