Ms Geraldine Hurley:

There are certain key performance indicators, KPIs, within the contracts at the moment, which include employment rates, how long people stay in employment and the level of supports people are given in employment. For example, I am aware that in 2022, 40% of people that the services are supporting are in employment. Those are the kinds of things we measure. We want to move to a position where we have more robust KPIs in relation to these contracts. That is the kind of topic that is currently under consideration before we go to the new contractual arrangements and the new procurement. It is probably too early to be able to answer the Deputy's question but we will build on our experience of working with existing employability contracts.