Dr. Donal de Buitléir:

I am sorry if I implied that we are looking at hours of work because that is not the case. A separate research proposal commissioned by the University of Limerick is looking at zero-hours contracts and is due in August. We have been asked in the first year to look at what the national minimum wage rate should be. We have been fortunate in so far as the day the commission was announced, the Minister of State, Deputy Nash, arranged for Mr. David Norgrove, who is the chair of the UK commission, to be present. I had a chance to speak to him the previous evening and again on the day in question. He came to our first meeting and engaged in a very detailed discussion with us on the experience in the UK and on how the commission there works. The UK commission has promised to co-operate closely with us. It is particularly interested in the cross-Border element of the issue. I am very happy that the experience of the UK commission, which has been in operation for some years, is available to us. We will take it up. I hope I have covered all the questions asked by the Senator.