Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

They will not need reserves because they will get the payment upfront whenever a client is referred to the local employment service. I reiterate we are expanding these services under the first phrase of the request for tender. We are putting it into areas that do not currently have this employment service. When a customer or client is referred to the local employment services from the Intreo office, the service immediately gets a 45% payment. That means that it has the money to focus on the client. When the client signs up to a plan, the service gets the next 45% of the payment upfront and has that money to help the client to look for a job and provide support in every way that it can. The final 10% is paid when the client gets a job. These are upfront payments that are totally focused on the clients. That is the most important issue here.

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