Seanad amendment No. 137: Section 84:In page 66, after line 42, to insert the following:"(m) in section 101, by—(i) the insertion, in paragraph (a), of ", or" after "begun", (ii) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b) of subsection (4):"(b) an adjudication officer has made a decision to which subsection (1) (inserted by paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 81 of the Act of 2015) of section 8 of the Act of 1977 applies in respect of the dismissal.", and(iii) the insertion of the following subsection:"(4A) (a) Where an employee refers—(i) a complaint under section 77, and (ii) a claim for redress under the Act of 1977, to the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission in respect of a dismissal, then, from the relevant date, the said complaint shall be deemed to have been withdrawn unless, before the relevant date, the employee withdraws the claim under the Act of 1977.(b) In this subsection—'Act of 1977' means the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977; 'dismissal' has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 1977; 'relevant date' means such date— (i) as may be prescribed, or (ii) as may be determined in accordance with regulations made by the Minister.",".

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