Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 9:

In page 15, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(2) The amendment to the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 effected by subsection (1) applies only to a recommendation and report under section 10C(2) of that Act received by the Minister in the year 2019.”.

On Second Stage Deputy Penrose made a compelling case for acceptance of this amendment. He argued that, unless the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 was amended appropriately - he drafted the necessary amendment - it could become a permanent feature of the law. He wanted to confine it to the purposes of this Bill. I indicated that I would support the amendment.