Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 February 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail)
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Another 30 seconds, if the Chairman does not mind. It is difficult to get people if they have to travel two or three hours per day each way. That is not conducive to good teaching, good nursing, good policing or whatever. This matter must be examined. If we could drive down the cost of housing and make it more affordable, perhaps they would not need the same rate of pay. At the moment, though, we are facing a challenge.