John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I just wish to help in terms of the explanation. Those amendments Nos. 16 and 17 propose inserting a new provision in section 11 to amend the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 in relation to contraventions of the Act and to increase the level of redress that may be payable to an employee from the current four weeks' salary to 104 weeks, that is, two years' salary. These amendments have potential cost implications for the State as an employer and, therefore, the amendments must be ruled out of order in accordance with Standing Order 179. We cannot put those.