Cathal Berry (Kildare South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I wish to make a small point on that, and I am glad the Minister raised it. I know the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association, ISME, and IBEC are important, but the biggest and most important employer in this link is the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. If we could get agreement in the public service first and demonstrate to ISME and IBEC that this is quite doable, then we could expand it into the private sector thereafter. My recommendation is to get agreement in the public service first, such as if there are teachers, nurses and doctors who are available to deploy overseas, and that we ring-fence their work within the public service and then we can expand to the private sector thereafter. It is just a suggestion.