Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

No. One would not normally expect to have information about employment practices at that level of detail. My understanding from the documents that have been provided is that it refers to part-time casual employment. These are people who may be hired to tutor for a couple of hours a week or it may be on an episodic basis. There may be other colleges where a similar practice arises. A number of years ago, there was concern about contracts of indefinite duration on which people were being hired, usually on contracts for specific research projects. That position was regularised as a result of legislation in 2013 or 2003. I cannot recall offhand. Legislation has resulted in a number of employees of third level colleges being given permanent contracts with the entitlements that come with that.