Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

My recollection of this amendment is that the Minister gave us a good assurance on Committee Stage that the rights of all employees were protected and that there would be no defects in respect of the conditions of employment of the personnel in existing bodies who will be employees of the new body. The Minister's comments caused me no concern as he is genuinely committed to ensuring no rights are breached. Perhaps, as Deputy Crowe said, putting that on record would be no harm.

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