Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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There is no evidence to support not eliminating this. When I look around for evidence, employers cannot provide it but they say they feel it. It is little bit like when the minimum wage was introduced and we heard terrible tales of woe about all of the businesses that were going to close but it did not happen. Perhaps there is a little bit of that with the people who are arguing against this.

The submission referred to the potential need for supports for employers who are heavily reliant on workers in this category or who have a higher incidence of workers in this category. The work on the review started in the last few days, which is fair enough, and the Department expects it to take six to nine months. Has any work been done on what kinds of supports employers might be looking for or what they feel is necessary? Is there any dialogue or work under way in that space?