I call on the Government parties to be honest and truthful with the electorate and not allow the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Harney, or the Minister for Finance, Deputy McCreevy, to introduce savage cuts to this successful and important scheme. I plead with the Minister of State to give the long-term unemployed and people with disabilities the opportunity to gain access to employment by allowing the scheme to continue to operate at its current level.