Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I have one question on future developments.

I was watching a programme the other night which was more about England, where they are probably one step ahead of us. Generally, when England sneezes Ireland catches a cold. The general thrust in its employment regime and for people going back to work is to have an emphasis on being self-employed or that people work zero-hour contracts. Many people there are underemployed as a result of the hours they get. How does the Minister believe this will affect the family income supplement, especially for people with families? Will it increase the amount of money that will have to be allocated to the family income supplement? I know from past experience and when I worked in a personnel section that many people did not even know that FIS existed. It was altogether under-used and under-accessed.