Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Ms Forbes and her team are very welcome. I will try to focus on one issue. I would love to have more time to go across the spectrum on this but I will focus on the Eversheds report. The vast majority of people who ended up being on the payroll as opposed to contractors were not the top earners but, rather, were on between €30,000 and probably €70,000. I am wondering whether, in terms of retrospection, they were misclassified to begin with. They are still doing the same jobs but they have now been classified as employees. Is it not self-evident that retrospection should be automatic and that there is a duty of care to the staff in that regard? Where is that at this point in terms of consideration of retrospection?