Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Okay. I would just signal that it is very clear, because we heard about it at the hearings here. I asked SPI how many people in the industry have got contracts of indefinite duration under the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act. I knew the answer, and it confirmed that none had. We heard simultaneous claims that it was giving quality employment and training to thousands of workers, according to SPI, and that there is a thing called "an industry", but it is one where nobody has a job. I suggest it is clear that there is a systemic problem and a systemic practice. I honestly think one would not have to look very far to see that what was the practice in this case is exactly the same practice that is being pursued by most of the big recipients of section 481. I do not think that is even a controversial thing to say, because they more or less gave us the evidence themselves.