Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Standing up for workers' rights is not incompatible with seeking to ensure that we have a fair balance, and there is no irony lost there. It is important that we have legislation that protects workers' rights while also being cognisant of the need to achieve the protection, retention and creation of jobs. If there are no jobs in the market, there is no need to worry about workers' rights because workers will not have any jobs to go to. I am not going to take a lecture from anyone in this House about trying to ensure that we have right, fair and equitable legislation. In that regard, I am pressing my amendment.

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