Mr. Fergal O'Brien:

Our particular area of focus is the all-island labour market and movement of labour across the island. The cross-Border worker issue is our particular area of focus. For our members - we have a number of member companies in Northern Ireland as well - this is proving a real challenge. There are things that we can do directly through the Irish Government that will alleviate the process. We had emergency measures in place during the Covid period when people could not travel to work. Those measures were really effective. The new world of work, when that relief has been taken away, it is causing a lot of problems. There are things we could do separately. Ultimately, we think there needs to be an agreement between Irish Revenue and UK revenue to support the particular circumstances of labour mobility across the all-island economy. That is our specific ask on that issue.