Paddy Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

For my own information I want to inquire about casual workers in restaurant and bar businesses. With summer work for, say, students who are less than 23 years of age, where does automatic enrolment kick in? Can casual workers avail of AE? They might decide to join because they would get the top-up from the Government and the employer's contribution, and people can cash in after a year or whatever. Therefore, it would be of interest for casual workers to opt in on a summer job to help automatic enrolment. An employer might think a casual worker will only work for two or three months, that he or she is getting "X" amount and he or she cannot opt into the scheme. Does an employer have a say? By contrast, there may be a bunch of employees at, say, 17 or 18 years of age or even a little older. Can such people opt in on the first day of employment?