Mr. Liam Berney:

I agree. I do not think it is the appropriate time to proceed with this legislation. It would be more responsible to wait until we see the state of the labour market when we emerge from the pandemic. I shuddered when Deputy O'Reilly made her comment to the effect of if we ever get to the end of this thing. I certainly hope we do sooner rather than later.

I know I am repeating the point. Equipping the WRC to do its job properly is crucial to this. I tend to agree with the Deputy that 90 is probably insufficient for the current labour market. The numbers in employment have increased exponentially. Even leaving the pandemic aside, the numbers in employment have increased exponentially since that figure of 90 was fixed upon. It would be useful and informative for the committee to invite representatives of the WRC to appear before it. I am sure Mr. Liam Kelly and his colleagues in the WRC would be happy to appear before the committee to give their view on that question.