Senator Abetz asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, upon notice, on 1 August 2011: Has the department contracted for the provision of Employment Assistance Programs for: (a) staff on Christmas Island; and (b) staff at other immigration detention facilities if so: (a) who is eligible to access these programs at these facilities; (b) what have been the contractual amounts paid and the corresponding contract periods for these programs at each detention facility since 1 January 2008; (c) how many people have accessed these programs at each facility in each of these contract periods above or in each 6 month period since 1 January 2008; and (d) has the department received statistical reports identifying critical issues affecting staff, if so, in each instance and for each facility: (i) what issues have been identified; (ii) what numbers or percentage of staff have been affected; and (iii) what action has been taken to address these issues.