David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am happy to hear that. I note that in the last three years, there were 1,000 people, on average, involved in the inter-company transfer. Obviously, in most cases they would have had partners or spouses as well. Rather than splitting families up or having people here and not allowing them to work or having to go through a very difficult process involving critical skills, as Ms Ward outlined, it would be beneficial if they could work as well, as happens in many other European countries. There may be constraints in that regard, but I look forward to Ms Ward referring back to us with some further thoughts on it.

Also, there are the other articles I mentioned in the directive. I am interested, for example, in Article 18 and the right to equal treatment. We have not transposed the directive for the reasons Ms Ward outlined, but have we mirrored any of the rights and thoughts in the directive? Should we be looking at that? Perhaps she will refer back to us on that as well.