Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for proposing to do that on Seanad Stage. The logic is very clear. The rights of a worker on a site who is employed by a subcontractor rather than the principal contractor should not be any different from someone employed by a principal contractor. If we do not do that, we are saying that employing a sub-contractor, and thereby diffusing responsibility, gives the principal contractor a competitive advantage. I withdraw the amendment in light of that information.

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