Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There are only two areas with which I want to deal. One is that which Mr. Kavanagh pinpointed. One of the key challenges for the industry is the recruitment and retention of staff. I am very glad Mr. Kavanagh has recognised that as a factor. What does he believe are the reasons? There are 14,000 full-time staff in the industry. How can this be squared with the fact that there is just short of €5 million sitting in a pension fund that cannot be distributed to stable staff because there is simply fewer than 1,000 people whose names have been submitted as earning an income of over €12,000? Where do the 14,000 full-time staff come from? How many of them are stable hands in the circumstances I have described?