Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 1 July 2021
Public Accounts Committee
Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2019
9:30 am
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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The universities know this legislation is on the way. Has there been a cultural change, even with regard to the definition of employment? There has been some very precarious employment. In parts of the sector, there are much poorer levels of secure employment than in even the preschool sector. Some of it is deplorable. Is Dr. Wall getting the impression that they are changing, even in defining precarious employment, zero-hour contracts and so on? Some of it is of a very poor standard.