Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is shocking. The witnesses spoke about the embargo being possibly one of the worst things that had happened. The worst thing that I am seeing today, however, is that we do not have a central base for knowing exactly where the gaps in the system are. We should not be focusing on the embargo, but rather on the management skill sets to identify where we need people to work in the various places around the country.

Mr. Kelly mentioned something in which I believe passionately. I would like to know about the commission's essential workforce and increased incentives. As staff qualify, we should entice those young persons in, immediately make permanent those who make the cut and allow them their two or three-year break to travel the world, if that is what they so wish, before returning to their permanent job. Has that idea been teased out, or recommended as an incentive?