Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

By putting that requirement in the procedures manual, what strength will it have? Will it be watertight? Why not give it the force of law while we are at this stage of the process and have it as a guaranteed right for employees where if they are working for a company that is not compliant, that company will not have opportunities to draw down taxpayers' money to either grant aid or support its business in any way? The law itself needs to be discerning between different types of compliant and non-compliant businesses. Why not give this requirement the strength of law?