Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Shaw for that. That is her estimation of it. It is hard not to see an element of cynicism here. To talk at length about the need for in-depth and detailed analysis and consultation and all of that and then not to do it once you get out of the room smacks of kicking the can down the road. We have heard from ICTU on this. It had a concern which was addressed it in the submission but since that has not been read into the record the witnesses might elaborate on that. It had a concern that this could stray into other areas, that this group is there for the pension but it might have something to say about the break times or something like that. Can the witnesses give us an assurance that what they are seeking relates to pensions only and that there will be no other interference with the normal practice of industrial relations - not that there is anything normal about industrial relations - at the level of the workplace?