Mr. Liam Herrick:

I will make two points on that. We can certainly send to the Senator the detailed submissions we made as part of the equality legislation review on the specific question of thresholds and nominal costs. It may also be helpful to refer to the code of practice and reasonable accommodation. One of our statutory functions is to develop codes of practice that clarify how the law can be applied in a wide range of areas. We submitted a code of practice on how organisations, employers and businesses should apply the principle of reasonable accommodation. We submitted that to the Minister two years ago and it is currently with the Minister for equality to approve. That will then be a resource for all businesses of all sizes for how they should apply the law.