Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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I invite our guests to take the opportunity to add anything else, if they wish. I very much hear what they are saying in respect of the precarious working conditions, which are quite shocking. I believe I have quoted on this committee before where one woman was on temporary contracts for 18 years with no maternity leave, ability to buy a house or to make any financial commitment whatsoever. This is about the dual aspect of the personal impact that that is having but also in respect of what we are teaching our youngsters. Who is colluding with whom to ensure that that system stays in place? This very much has to be addressed.

Deputy O’Callaghan and I, and other members of this committee, are very conscious of that and want to do something to change it as it cannot be left the way it is.

I do not have any further questions unless there is anything further the witnesses may wish to add to the statements they have already made, which are quite powerful.