Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion

Photo of Louise O'ReillyLouise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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Mr. Sheridan has said in his submission that the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996 was recast in the legislation in 2011. At what stage in 2011 was the legislation brought through? What happened in the interim to bring us to where we are? We started in the wrong place with the legislation in 2011. Why was this matter not addressed and debated at the time, when the legislation would have been current?