Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 April 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024: Discussion

Photo of Louise O'ReillyLouise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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I agree, which is why I brought forward legislation that would have dealt with the issue.

Head 7 effectively allows an employer to dismiss a worker who has passed a mandatory retirement age clause without any repercussions. I believe that to be fundamentally unfair. Any such decision should be open to challenge. I ask the witnesses for their views on it.