Ms Sinéad Burke:

There certainly need to be quotas, not least for the Public Appointments Service, PAS. It behoves PAS, as the largest employer in the State, to lead by example. It is all about meeting people at their level.

It could be particular internships or placement schemes. It could be looking at the entry level and procedures for bringing in new recruits to the service. The Oireachtas has a good history of doing this. In 2006 and 2007, the Department of Finance had a good internship with young Traveller boys and girls which worked incredibly well. The shame was that it happened in 2007 which meant it was not duplicated because we ran into many other problems then.