I want to raise an issue relating to the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP. The guidelines announced by the Government yesterday will have an knock-on effect, particularly for the entertainment industry. The PUP has been a lifeline for many workers over the past 18 months. Will the Government review the issue in respect of those who cannot get access to the PUP because of guidelines announced by the Government yesterday?

To be honest, the number of PUP recipients has been coming down steadily as we have reopened the economy. The number of recipients has gone from somewhere well over half a million down to 60,000. That has been the direction of travel, because we have reopened so many sectors of the economy.

Now you have closed a section.

Which the Deputy supported, I think. Or did she? I thought she supported what we did last night.

The Government has closed a section-----

Some day I might get an answer from her.

Please, Deputies.

As they say, you run with the hare and you hunt with the hound. It was Deputy Kenny's question, to be fair. It is our view, and there is consistent feedback from Members and people across society, that one of the significant difficulties employers have faced since the economy reopened is getting staff. There is a balance somewhere between the two. The number of recipients of PUP has come way down. We will continue to support people and the sectors that are hit, as we have done from the beginning in terms of sectors that our decisions really do impact on. We acknowledge that.