Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

I am giving the Senators the opportunity to think about the circumstances to which I refer, particularly in the case of TalkTalk. This would have been the first time the matter was dealt with in my Department. Despite our trying to set up a task force to help the workers to have their entitlements as soon as possible, we were ultimately paying 60% of the redundancy cost. We need to think about that.

I have touched on many of the general themes. Senators Noone and others referred to the legal industry and the professional organisations that would appreciate taking on people.

I am not sure whether Fr. Seán Healy's proposal on jobseekers concerns the commercial sector. I got the impression it was for the-----