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

It is indeed and it is not just the State that would be the big loser here. It also affects the individual employees when they come to require pensions and welfare payments. There is a very different status. We saw this very clearly with the case of RTÉ. It is a potential loss but it is also very precarious employment.

I believe that social welfare or social protection is another avenue here. I could be wrong but if I remember correctly, I read recently that they declined to do a piece of work on this. This is an area we should look at because it really is there, where the determination in the scope section occurs, that is the origin of the issue. We should certainly consider that avenue as well.