Mr. John McKeon:

What we would hope, and I can say what the position is in the areas where the job clubs have not been part of the tender consortium that won, the providers that have won those areas have offered the existing staff employment on the same terms and conditions that are currently employed and that is what we would be looking to achieve.

If employees decide not to take that up, I cannot say that there will be or there will not be redundancies. A lot of the providers - I would hope that they would get through - if they do not get though have other activities. They or their staff are not entirely reliant----

Deputy Verona Murphy: So the Department-----

Mr. John McKeon: They may decide to offer redundancy to their staff and that would be a matter for the providers to determine.