Ms Sorcha Tunney:

I might come in there because I watched the committee meeting last week and heard the Tánaiste talk about competitiveness. There is a misconception that this is creating structural change that will result in a standard and norms. If companies do not engage, therefore, they may be at a competitive disadvantage but by engaging, they will bring their perspectives to the negotiation. We are trying to create a standard that all companies will have to work to, and they cannot lose competitiveness if they are all working to the same standard.