Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 45:

In page 8, line 16, after “persons” to insert “, one of whom shall be a person currently managing a small to medium-sized enterprise,”.

I know the Minister is trying to avoid too much prescription in the Bill but it is important that as well as representatives of the various employer organisations, there should be someone in a day-to-day employer included. It should be someone who is actually running a business and who understands the day-to-day implications of the decisions being taken by the commission and its recommendations. That would bring a very practical view to its work.

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