Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to clarify two aspects. In fairness, having spoken to enterprise boards and in dealing with their customers, most of the staff are still doing their job and are implementing it. They are not sitting at home, they are fully active and, yes, they are concerned about their future. However, most of them recognise that the decision has been made. I am not too sure if we can reverse that decision but we can certainly try to make it work better for everybody.

Many issues have been discussed both in the earlier presentation and at our own discussion concerning what we want done with this and the changes being sought. We all have doubts and concerns but there is also a huge opportunity to get it right. If the committee spends some time on this, with the help of the witnesses, we might be able to focus on it with our list of what we want to ensure it works correctly. I believe it can do so. The committee will bring in the implementation body. The Minister will be in attendance twice in December so we will have an opportunity to discus it with him also. However, we need to focus on the fears, concerns and suggestions expressed by the witnesses, as well as trying to get them addressed and adopted.