Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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I welcome that approach. If the Minister of State is talking about consulting with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and employers I presume he will be consulting the bodies who represent employers. There is no reason he cannot consult the bodies who represent adult learners or community education. I see nothing to indicate it would be too prescriptive to include it for that section but not to legally define those whom he will contact when he mentions employers. Therefore, it is possible to do it. If he is giving a commitment to do it before Report Stage I will be happy to withdraw my amendment. We may return to the issue if we cannot get agreement on Report Stage.