Pauline O'Reilly (Green Party)
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That was very good to hear in response to our colleague, Deputy O'Callaghan, where we would envisage that the council would have a function in recommending compensation and packages for PhD students and other researchers. That is very important because it has been lacking for some time.

I will make a final point around the issue of definitions because definitions are very much part of legislation and we tie ourselves up in knots. I have been involved, in particular, in the Committee on Environment and Climate Action where we are sometimes involved in a great deal of pre-legislative scrutiny sometimes, and we can really tie ourselves up in knots on the definitions. This goes to a point around maximalism or minimalism. In this area in particular, we do not know what is coming down the line. Will the witnesses comment briefly on whether they would like to have fewer or more definitions in the Bill? Is that what they are looking for and is it fewer or more terms they might want?