Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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I thank Mr. O'Brien for setting out a number of clear legislative and practice deficiencies that have resulted in significant failures for undocumented fishers. In regard to the cognisable period, Mr. Kelly's response to Deputy Bruton was that it can be set at 12 months in exceptional circumstances. Even allowing for that, does he accept there is a problem whereby what may work for regularised workers may not work for others? In the example given of the person working for four years and having an underpayment potentially of €114,000, the maximum that person would get is close to €30,000, which is only a quarter of what he or she would otherwise be owed. Does Mr. Kelly accept that this presents a significant problem for undocumented workers?