Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Dr. McGann referred to the lessons of last year. As some of those present might be aware, Senator Gavan and I are former trade union organisers. I do not want to put words into my colleagues' mouths, but we learned that nothing encouraged workers like decent pay and fair terms and conditions. It is regrettable that some employers have not learned this lesson.

In the ten years the critical skills list has been in existence, it has only been updated once, in 2015. Is it IBEC's view that the list could and should be reviewed regularly and that more could be done to train workers in advance instead of adding to or removing critical skills from the list? I will also ask Mr. Berney for his view on this matter.