Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

The Minister says he has no interest in participating in a race to the bottom and that there is no race to the bottom. There is a proposal on the table to establish a panel of part-time and temporary drivers at Bus Éireann working off a type of zero-hour contract. The proposal will bring some of the worst excesses of private sector exploitation and make them part of the semi-State sector. How does the Minister square this with the comment he made two minutes ago? What is his view on that proposal?

I know that the Minister is a supporter of outsourcing, but I did not expect him to outsource the difficult questions to Ms Hanlon, something he has been doing for the past hour. Can he answer the question himself?