Mr. Eddie Hennessy:

I thank Deputy Gould. He has been there for me. It is disheartening to see the disregard for the findings of many reports, including this one, shown by the relevant Departments, while both Opposition and Government parties are not fighting hard or enough for our rights. Maybe there is one strong email or a slightly weaker email with the response from the Departments but then they fade out and you have to do it again.

Professor Cooney brought up the flexi-job. There is nothing new about that. That was introduced in Denmark in 1998 and we are only looking at it now. We are not even looking at it.

I hope this meeting is not mere optics. I encourage committee members to challenge the Department with the same fight and manner of questioning clearly seen in other issues in Leinster House this week.