Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Acknowledging that employment law and workers' rights merit but two paragraphs in the programme for Government and on the anniversary of the scandalous treatment of Clery's workers, it is imperative that the recommendations of the University of Limerick report, commissioned by former Minister of State, Gerald Nash, be implemented. These are vital issues for low and middle income workers all over the island of Ireland. Can the Taoiseach tell us which Minister of Government is specifically charged with labour affairs and workplace issues? Will the Government legislate for the proposals in the University of Limerick report on zero-hour contracts, abuses, such as if-and-when contracts, bogus self-employment designation and, above all, protecting workers in so-called informal insolvencies and collective redundancies?

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