Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy is wrong on that point. I have seen the press release issued by the Deputy's colleague in that regard. The press release referred to the national minimum wage legislation, in which there is no provision for fines. The NERA legislation is not yet in place. We are preparing legislation to bring to Government. That legislation will provide, as has already been agreed in the context of Towards 2016 with the social partners, for significant additional fines for breaches of any aspect of employment legislation. There will be significant increases as set down in the Towards 2016 document. I can refer the Deputy to the relevant sections on social partnership which we will reflect fully in the legislation.

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