Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein)
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Both those points are very important. I have a concern. Officials from the Department and the Minister were before the committee two weeks ago to talk about the works council directive which, as the representatives know, has been appallingly inscribed here. Effectively, it is useless for workers but the attitude of the Minister was that there is nothing to see here. How much confidence does Mr. O'Connell have regarding those key points, especially regarding the minimum wage directive? There was a great tradition in this country of implementing EU directives on workers' rights in the most minimalist way possible so those rights are not actually enhanced. Is Mr. O'Connell concerned or confident that the Government will deliver as it should do on that directive?