John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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In comparison to everything else that the Minister has presented here today, this is a very significant increase, about 40% more. That went among those JobPath companies to administer the scheme. Is it because they dealt with more people or did they retain people in employment for longer? It is a phased payment but it strikes me, from the point of view of doing an Estimate, that if €48 million is estimated and the outcome is nearly €72 million, that is a substantial difference. Something happened that was not predicted, which may not have been bad, but that is what I am trying to get to because it is a significant figure.