Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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I welcome the Minister of State and look forward to the details of the Bill. I wish to raise two points. Head 5 provides that the court shall not register any agreement unless it is satisfied that the registration is likely to promote harmonious relations between workers and employers and the avoidance of industrial unrest. What criteria will be laid out? Surely any employer and employee representatives who come together do so in an attempt to promote harmonious relations. What criteria have been laid down for a court's refusal to register an agreement? Are there any specifics, or is it left entirely to arbitration and the court?

Where our EU partners have minimum wage agreements that have been breached, has an examination taken place of the models they use, given the constitutional difficulties we have had?