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

I am getting the feeling that the Minister will not accept anything an Opposition Deputy might come up with because blacklisting is a new issue and is not covered anywhere else in legislation. It is a serious threat to workers and has been evident in other countries. It is carried out in a very professional and focused manner. Rather than us sitting here in six months or, God willing, two years' time and discussing the fact that this has taken hold, is a crisis and is in the media and being debated during Leaders' Questions, would it not be better to be comprehensive in the way we deal with the rights of workers in this scenario and make sure that blacklisting is not allowed to become prominent within the Irish system?

Harassment is a problem. It could easily be said that many of these issues could logically be covered by "penalisation", but they have purposely been identified individually to provide a clear definition for those who will have to make judgments on them in the future. I suppose that is why we are looking to have them included in the Bill.