Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I move amendment No. 17:

In page 10, subsection (3)(b), to delete lines 10 and 11.

If a small group representing two or three people who are not aligned with any trade union decided to embark on unauthorised or unofficial industrial action, the subsection could have the effect of debarring all of the employees from accessing the panel. I look forward to the Minister of State's comments, as I wonder whether he adjudges the situation similarly.

Amendment No. 18 is similar and relates to the statement in the Bill that "no industrial action, on the part of that party, is current.". Why should the court be prohibited from making a ruling on legitimate industrial action? The paragraph is unnecessary.

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