Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The key issue driving the opposition is the area of equalisation. While the original legislation does not contain anything about the matter, our amendment has ensured there will be Oireachtas involvement in getting a progress report on it. I am not comfortable with this section because I do not think industrial relations strategy should be in legislation. However, in view of the process we have inserted into the legislation through our amendment, we will be abstaining.

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