Mark Wall (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Dr. Bambrick and Mr. Berney and thank them for the presentation. As Deputy Kerrane stated, it will inform our scrutiny. It was a worthwhile presentation.

My first question relates to self-employment and perhaps Dr. Bambrick could respond. She mentioned self-employment and how it will affect auto-enrolment in her report. Perhaps she will expand on that for the committee.

The other matter I will touch on is the death in service benefit that Dr. Bambrick recommends should be part of the auto-enrolment. Perhaps she will comment on the importance of that in light of other schemes she is aware of.

Finally, she mentioned a number of examples of best international practice or what is happening on the international scene with respect to auto-enrolment and pensions. I note she mentioned examples from the UK and New Zealand in her report that I read and she mentioned Australia this morning. Should we be looking at other international best practice as we roll this out?