Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 60:

In page 54, lines 34 and 35, to delete “and paragraph (b) of subsection (3)”.

These amendments are of a drafting nature and are to ensure that the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 is appropriately amended to bring the procedural arrangements that will apply to complaints and appeals under that Act following the commencement of this section and that they will be in line with the standard procedures provided for in Part 4 of the Bill. In particular, the amendments provide for the insertion of a specific provision into the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 to allow either party to a decision of the Labour Court on appeal under the 1977 Act to appeal a Labour Court decision on a point of law to the High Court. Currently, there is no statutory provision for such an appeal under the Unfair Dismissals Act.
Importantly, in so far as the transitional arrangement that will apply to complaints under the Unfair Dismissals Act is concerned, first-instance complaints that have been brought under the Act prior to the commencement of this section will continue to be subject to the current procedural arrangements. The new arrangements effected by this section will apply only to complaints referred following the commencement of the section.