Mary Ann O'Brien (Independent)

I thank the Minister and his officials for all the obvious work and for acknowledging our amendments and fears. I support what Senator Quinn stated. As an employer, I found the Bill difficult and technically very different. I am thinking if that is how it is for me in here, what will it be like for other employers, employees and agency workers who will have to grapple with it? With all of his work, the Minister has achieved a balance of fairness and flexibility, inasmuch as he possibly could, between the agency worker, the permanent worker, who is an important person we have not mentioned this morning, and the employer.