Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not think so. The issue of rogue employers is an issue now, where employers are taking advantage of the fact people are entitled to FIS. That argument will continue regardless. This is not recommending the abolition of FIS. FIS would remain, where necessary. I respectfully disagree with the Senator's point on that. I do not think it would be any more or any less of an incentive to an employer, after the introduction of something like this, to take advantage of employees any more than is already happening. That is an issue of enforcement and an issue for society where unscrupulous employers would price the cost of labour by taking into account what they could take off the State in terms of supports and instead of paying-----