Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

These are the people who are representing workers, they are also the people who are representing the employees. The bands that we have proposed are the bands that have been worked out and suggested in consultation with the main players. We have listened to everyone, we have taken submissions and looked at the UL study in regard to this. Once one has the employers and union representatives in agreement on this, we feel it is acceptable and this is part of what we propose in the legislation.