Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is interesting that they have identified that as an economic need, not only as something we think would be good.

I thank everybody who contributed. I will feed back what I have heard here into the work of the advisory group and the cross-departmental work. It will be important that we ensure there is co-ordination, that there is no duplication and that we work with the sector because there is an understandable sense of uncertainty in the sector and a feeling that it needs more support. There is still a lot of low-paid work in the sector and we need to recognise that. By valuing it, by setting up what I am doing and by working in a cross-departmental way, and by continuing to have debates such as this which focus on that sector which is so important,-----