Ms Edel McGinley:

On the point about PPS numbers and being employed in the State many people we work with have PPS numbers and would have obtained them a long time ago. They are working and paying tax and contributing to the economy and the State as taxpayers and in terms of consumer spending. The scheme we are proposing is an income generating scheme. The State is losing up to €41 million per annum by not regularising this group of people and it would cost €100,000 to deport all the people in these circumstances. They are all pretty significant figures in respect of loss of revenue and potential costs to the State in respect of this issue. There is also the cost of inaction in the loss of potential in children's lives and the future impact of that.