Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent)
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On that point, namely, the question of employees being able to insure themselves against being temporarily out of work for illness, essentially, it might be possible for employees to seek private insurance to cover them for redundancy. Would the Government look at providing a tax break for that type of insurance? It might be a way of coming at this problem from a different angle to give some security to people, particularly those in precarious employment.