Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)

The Minister would be surprised by the number of people who remain on a full-time basis with agencies. I assure him that during a building boom a few years ago, most of the large building firms in this city had many more agency workers than direct employees on their books. This was because it had become somewhat more attractive to employ the former. I have not seen the figures - I would love to do so - but I am of the view that large numbers of people are employed by agencies on a full-time basis.

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