Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 28:

In page 27, to delete line 6 and substitute the following:

"Dismissals Act 1977'.

(3) An application to the Circuit Court under this section shall be made to the Circuit Court sitting in the circuit in which the employer concerned carries on his or her business.".".

Section 30 of the Bill amends the Industrial Relations Act 2001 by the insertion of a new provision allowing for interim relief pending determination of any claim for unfair dismissal arising from a member of the trade union involved and having provided evidence, information or assistance for the purposes of the examination or investigation made by the Labour Court under section 2(1) of that Act. This section should be read with section 35 of the Bill, which makes the appropriate amendment to section 6 of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977.

Amendment No. 28 inserts a new subsection (3) to section 30 of the Bill. Its purpose is to clarify that an application to the Circuit Court for interim relief pending determination of a claim for unfair dismissal shall be made to the Circuit Court sitting in the circuit area in which the employer concerned carries on his or her business.