I acknowledge the comments of the committee regarding the coverage of the Act for care and support workers engaged through individual funding arrangements. Those workers are not covered in the original settlement agreement. In practice, as noted by the committee, this is currently managed by the Ministry of Health operationally through funding contracts to ensure that those workers are treated fairly and their conditions are not less than those covered by employers under the Act. Agencies will continue to look at how this can be improved where individualised funding models are used in the delivery of care. 