Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I accept there are some general protections afforded to employees in subsection (1) but they are insufficiently specific. This amendment gives a very specific balance to the Bill, in particular to section 13(c). I accept the generality of subsection (1) and do not mean to criticise it, except to say that it is insufficiently specific with regard to something as broad as section 13(c). It is essential to include this kind of specificity in the Bill to deal with wayward employers. We have certainly seen enough wayward employers in recent times and their determination to ride roughshod over employees generally warrants affording some kind of specific protection to employees. I am not referring to the overwhelming majority of employers who have their employees' best welfare at heart. I am referring to a hard core element, such as the employers I referred to earlier and others who have no regard for their employees.

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