Ms Julie Sinnamon:

EI is in the process of concluding that voluntary leaving programme. We had the capacity to let up to 55 people go under it. We tried to protect skills across the organisation, so that we would not lose skills completely out of one area, which restricted the package to 55 people. To date, 47 people have been offered the package and they have accepted it, so 47 people will be going under it. As part of that, there was a resourcing plan approved by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to allow us to bring in new skills, which are critical for the new sectors of the future, and to re-skill the organisation.