Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

If he does not mind my saying, Dr. Ryan's submission had a fair degree of balance in highlighting elements that needed to be strengthened but also the constitutional concerns and other concerns, where to be frank, the Law Society's submission did not. I do see any point in its submission that identifies an issue of concern from the point of view of protecting workers. I am disappointed that that is the case.

Dr. Ryan's submission suggested that consideration could be given to banning if-and-when contracts. He also says that proportionality concerns arise there and he says that "consideration should be given to rendering such arrangements presumptively unlawful unless that presumption is rebutted by an employer through the invocation of objective justification grounds". I was struck by that as an alternative potential path that we could look at. Could Dr. Ryan tell us a bit more?