Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Sectoral Employment Order: Minister of State at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation

4:00 pm

Photo of Pat BreenPat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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I have accepted it. I must have strong grounds to reject it and I do not. I respect the work of the Labour Court and its independent identity. This is a voluntary agreement reached by both parties. What we are doing is making legal all of the various increases that have happened in the past 12 months.