Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)

I must confess I was somewhat confused initially by the taking of this amendment with amendment No. 11. In my consideration of it I had it tied in with the Labour Court provision which relates to a previous amendment. My argument lies more with the provision that the Labour Court should be in a position to get these figures on behalf of the employee of the trade union, the nominated body or whoever. That is the reason I was less clear initially in respect of amendments Nos. 11 and 17. The fact that the Labour Court has a role gets over the difficulty the Deputies envisage in this regard.

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