Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I will be brief. We spoke about section 21. This is the corresponding section in a sense in that it is the other part of the gun to the head of the unions to punish them for opposing the pay deal. Section 21 took away increments and this section punishes union members in their pensions.

For that reason, we oppose it because of the impact on those workers and also because of the message it sends in denying people the right to freely bargain collectively, reject deals on their merits and vote and not to be punished for it.

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