Tom Neville (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Once they are there for six or 12 months, they would then apply for the job. However, I want to throw out the idea that something more be put in place. What happens in the private sector? When a contractor goes into a private sector organisation for six months or 12 months, there is a conversion clause in the contract to say that if the person is hired permanently, a fee will be paid to the agency to buy that contractor from it, and the person becomes a permanent employee after 12 months work. Do not get me wrong: the person still has to be interviewed, but they are a step ahead. Given the lack of supply the witnesses are talking about, can that be examined?