Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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We have currently under way a long and protracted dispute regarding the workers in Debenhams. Their shop stewards and union have called for the implementation of the Duffy Cahill report and we have talked a great deal about it. In many respects this is good because it means people are talking about employment law and workers' rights but it is bad because we are only talking about it and we are not doing much by way of implementation.

With regard to their proposals, would Mr. Duffy and Ms Cahill be satisfied that they could establish an expectation of entitlement by virtue of custom and practice and it would not necessarily have to be written down and lodged with the court or in some formal way? With regard to retrospective application for any of the mechanisms, is that possible, would that be possible or would that simply be at the discretion of a Minister?