Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I just cannot go on listening to this.

The legislation sets out the requirement of the employer to comply with a court order to collect and pay out the debt, and it states the employer is not liable for non-compliance during the first ten days. After ten days, that employer is now liable for the employee’s non-compliance. Under the legislation, that employer can now also be fined up to €4,000. Deputy Lawlor’s solution for the hard-pressed employer is that the latter needs to get in the middle of the row the Deputy is having with the citizen. The Deputy believes the employer needs to become the boot boy and take the money out of the employee's pocket.

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