Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 8, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:“(e) works on a voluntary basis, as a volunteer for no pay,”.

The idea here is to ensure that the legislation captures also those persons who work in a voluntary capacity for organisations. The Minister will know, while it is perhaps not so much the case across private industry, that public bodies rely in some instances quite heavily on the efforts of volunteers and voluntary staff. I believe it would be logical and wise to include volunteers in that definition. Therefore, I suggest the insertion of a new subsection, to read: “(e) works on a voluntary basis, as a volunteer for no pay,”. I believe these people should be afforded the same protections and remedies as envisaged in the legislation.