Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The amendment is trying to address how the State recoups the social welfare payments it made to the individual. It is perfectly legitimate for the amendment to state the money should be taken from the employer who breached the legislation, because he or she has been found guilty in an unfair dismissals tribunal, or the WRC as it is now. This is all the amendment states. It is quite sensible.