Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

I do not have them. It is a case of doing it accurately. We are getting a computer based system which will improve things in the future.

We found many people who were on more than one local authority. The previous figures may have had much duplication and so on. While many new applicants have gone on the list, one compensates the other. It might not be at the level that you were forecasting, but I cannot give you the final figure. It will not be at 60,000.

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