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

I have an additional question for Ms McElwee. She said in her submission that additional costs are involved in the replacement of skills with little or no notice which are lost during a period of sick leave. If a person is sick, he or she will not be able to go to work regardless of whether we have schemes in place or not and that will have to be replaced anyway. Can Ms McElwee tease out what she means by that particular statement? If a person is sick surely we should not encourage him or her to go to work?