Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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Does Dr. O'Sullivan see any place on the landscape for some form of if-and-when type contracts? I am particularly focusing on examples such as a post office in Castletownbere in the Beara Peninsula or a corner shop in some rural community like the ones we all represent. They are businesses, perhaps family-run, that are struggling. They require a degree of flexibility and have people available to them who are happily working on an if-and-when basis. The big retailers and big hotels can look after themselves. They have the big resource of an in-house HR service. I am not trying to fly a flag for any of those. They have come in here and made their own pitch. What is Dr. O'Sullivan's take on the small, corner shop type, family-run business that needs the flexibility of having one or two staff members to call on if and when they need them?