Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016, the trade union Mandate issued a press release yesterday which said:

Mandate has now written to all Fianna Fail TD’s calling on them to withdraw their amendment [and] saying any concerns the party may have can be dealt with at the committee stage.

Some of the Fianna Fáil Deputies said that the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, and Mandate trade union, had supported their amendment. It is clear that they did not. I ask the House to support the motion and ask the Deputies to withdraw their amendment.

The second question I want to put to the minority-----

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