Ms Edel McGinley:

I will be very quick. They are really just recommendations for the committee. They echo what I am sure the International Transport Workers Federation, ITF, will say, and we also echo its recommendations in the report. We would like to see an immediate review of the atypical scheme, solutions identified and a move forward on the matter. We request that the committee write to the Minister for Social Protection - soon to be Minister for employment and social protection - and recommend the setting up of a time-bound working group between this Department and the Department of Justice and Equality on which the MRCI, the ITF and other interested individuals would sit. This would be a short-term measure to review what has worked and what has not. As there is a complete lack of linkage between skills gaps in the industry and what is needed in terms of permits, there needs to be a review of this in terms of labour migration policy and the skills that are needed in the industry right now. There is a need right now that is not being recognised by the atypical scheme. What we are seeing are these gross forms of exploitation along with a lack of monitoring and enforcement in this area. I know the ITF will go into this in much more detail, given its role in the industry. I thank the committee for listening to us.