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

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 8, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“(6) An employer may subsequently apply to the Court to become party to the agreement in its application to any worker or workers to whom it applies.”.

The amendment does exactly what it says on the tin. It seeks to specify that an employer may subsequently apply to a court to become party to an agreement in its application to any worker or workers to whom it applies. Representatives of ICTU and the TEEU have called for the procedure to allow an employer who was not party to an REA when it was originally registered to subsequently sign up to it. It would not alter the REA in any way but would increase the number of people working in a sector who would enjoy the same level of support.