Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I understand where Deputy Wallace is coming from but I also understand where the Minister of State is coming from. It is probably better addressed within employment law but perhaps the Government needs to look at that because there is no indication that we will address the area of employees under company law. The Minister of State comes from a county where we saw a pretty high-profile dispute last year about employees in a company that was going into liquidation, so there is certainly room for improvement in respect of employees' rights and conditions. While this may not be the legislation to deal with it, I understand where Deputy Wallace is coming from. It is something that must be dealt with and if it is not going to be dealt with in this legislation for the reasons outlined by the Minister of State, it probably needs to be dealt with by another committee in respect of employment legislation.