Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 19 January 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Zero-Hour Contracts: Discussion

2:25 pm

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Can I come in on that? A report in The Irish Timeson 18 January from Martin Wall and Carl O'Brien states:

The HSE said the Limerick group had gone beyond its original terms of reference, adding it “does not accept its recommendations and proposed legislative amendments”. The HSE contends that the proposed legislative recommendations lack a clear rationale given the study’s original terms of reference and would impose unnecessary costs and an administrative burden on health service employers.

That is a pretty-----