It is clear that one of the impacts of Covid will be changes in work practices that will last long after the pandemic has ended. This is something I have campaigned on in recent years, representing a commuter area and county in Fingal. The Government has launched a remote working strategy and it is clear working from home and working from local community hubs will be the norm. However, we will need policies that support workers in that. One relates to the taxsaver annual ticket. The cost of an annual taxsaver ticket could be €1,450 deducted directly from wages, but if people are only working two or three days a week, either by choice or by design with their employers, will the Government consider the provision of a part-time taxsaver season ticket for commuters? This would be a significant help to their overall income and I ask the Government to consider it strongly.

That is a good idea so I will certainly speak to the Minister, Deputy Ryan, about it to see if we can do something or examine that. I would point out that part-time working is not new. We have had people who work for two or three days a week in the city centre for as long as I can remember and probably since the beginning of time. Part-time working is not something new so perhaps there is a good reason this was not done before, but I agree that in the post-pandemic world of work, it will be much more common for people to work from home for a day or two and maybe only go into headquarters for a day or two a month. We need to find a way to assist them with the cost of public transport. We will have to look at it in the round but, to cut a long story short, it is a good idea we should explore.