Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 10:

In page 14, lines 4 and 5, to delete “in a collective agreement” and substitute “in collective agreements”.

Members had a brief exchange on this matter on Committee Stage and I seek reassurance that this legislation will not render null and void other agreements outside of the Lansdowne Road agreement. There was some discussion on Committee Stage on the striking of different sectoral arrangements between different categories of workers in bilateral arrangements and agreements. I seek reassurance, as do the aforementioned workers, that all of that still holds and the Minister might say a few words on that matter.

As I have the floor, I also ask the Minister to address the provision in the legislation, I believe it is at section 4, the language of which appears to me to be targeted specifically at those who the legislation deems to be outside the collective agreement. This provision envisages penalties for those workers, that is, those who did not vote for the agreement. When the Minister responds, I ask him to say some words on that matter also.

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