Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)

The Bill deals with exceptional collective redundancies and requires a definition of same. The proposed amendment contains a definition provided under section 6 of the Protection of Employment Act 1977. I am advised the amendment is, therefore, unnecessary and I do not propose to accept it. It also includes current text from that section and old text which is no longer current and which was repealed by Article 5 of the Protection of Employment Order 1996. It is, therefore, not in order to accept the amendment for that reason.

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