Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The commitments in the programme for Government will, of course, be fully implemented. As the Deputy is aware, a number of important pieces of legislation from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation relating to the rights of workers are being progressed. One is the legislation giving rights to agency workers and there is also legislation on the joint labour committees and the EROs. That legislation arose because the High Court struck down the joint labour committee system and the employment regulation order. The Government decided that the system would be reinstated on a reformed basis and that legislation is progressing. The focus at the moment is on progressing that legislation and the commitments in the programme for Government will be fully honoured.

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