Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)

This amendment and related matters were discussed at considerable length on Committee Stage and on Committee and Report Stages in the Seanad. I brought forward an amendment on Committee Stage which was agreed and which resulted in the definition of "appointed" that ensures that employee representatives are truly representative of employees. In other words they must be independent and be elected or appointed by employees. The previous wording had given rise to some concern, but on foot of that I made a substantial change which addresses the concerns of the Deputy and others in this regard.

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