John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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I find myself somewhat in agreement with the Deputy Coppinger. The service has dealt with 3,000 clients, and in his opening statement Mr. O'Connor referred to the case of a couple who were in court and happened to bump into a PIP. It shocked me to think that somebody would end up in the courts having been unaware of the supports that are available. Mr. O'Connor went on to say the service had a section on communications, but referred he specifically to a promotional campaign for quarter one of 2016. Will that be a sustained campaign over the course of the year? Undoubtedly, the solutions have been successful but many potential clients do not seem to be aware of the service. I ask Mr. O'Connor to address that.

Of the 3,000 clients with which the service dealt, how many, in percentage terms, had issues that were primarily caused by their private residences, in other words, mortgage debt rather than additional loans? Everybody has credit cards and so forth, but for how many was the substantial issue principal private residences rather than buy-to-let mortgages or anything else? I think that concludes the questions.