Mr. Declan Hughes:

For an EU fund, someone has to make the application. The Department of Education and Skills is the liaison and co-ordination body in Ireland. It works closely with us and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection on capturing the data on those who are impacted by job losses, redundancies or structural changes. What we are discussing is obviously a significant structural change for the people affected. Their training needs can be tracked and supported. The Department of Education and Skills, which is the training provider through the ETBs, compiles the submission. Someone has to be responsible, but it is not that Department on its own. This is a joint co-ordinated approach across the three Departments.