Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Yes. As I said, these issues are all being examined in detail by the advisory group. We have the self-employed; we also have people in atypical employment with a very low number of contract hours. We have a series of issues regarding a properly funded and properly based social insurance system. As a country, we also have to adapt to changing work patterns. Many people who are retiring had a job for life, particularly if they were in the public service. Many young people no longer particularly want that certainty. They see themselves moving around, undertaking different options and, in some cases, working abroad for a while. We have to change the social welfare system to take account of all of this.