Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I did not have it at that time. When the Deputy sees the Indecon report, he will see, if he is interested in the facts, that it has been a highly successful scheme, given that those who took part in it were much more likely to be in employment subsequently than a similar control group with the same sort of background and education who did not take part in it. I hope the Deputy will read the report with an open mind.

I am not sure if the Deputy knows how an audit cycle works or has ever been involved in doing one. In an internal audit, auditors go through a scheme or programme and raise questions. Then, the Department, corporation or NGO must respond to the questions raised. The auditors were satisfied with the responses they received to their questions. This is how an audit cycle works.

I am interested in asking the Deputy a question. It is interesting that he is already gearing up to oppose whatever scheme replaces JobBridge. He is already calling it "JobBridge 2.0", which is the rhetoric he intends to use. Will the Deputy automatically oppose any new work experience scheme, or is there any work experience scheme he could possibly support?

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