Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

This proposed amendment is purely technical and relates to an amendment to section 8 of the Bill that deal with collective agreements. The reason for this amendment is that section 8(1) allows for a body or bodies representative of employees to agree to a collective agreement. However, the language in section 8(4)(c) refers only to a body, that is, it describes the body that negotiated the agreement. This amendment ensures that this section aligns with section 8(1) by covering the plural version, that is, bodies.

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