Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Yes. The Government has committed in the programme for Government to reform the current law on employee rights to engage in collective bargaining, which is currently enshrined in the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 to ensure compliance by the State with recent judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. There will be consultation with employer and trade union organisations in preparation for the legislation.

Officials of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation are setting in train the necessary consultation process and the relevant bodies will be contacted in the very near future. Deputies will see progress on the legislation in 2013.

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