Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will continue to monitor this industry and look at the implementation of this relief. I am not going to comment on the individual case the Deputy has referred to because it is not appropriate for me to do so in the Dáil. As the Deputy and I discussed on Committee Stage, we got to an important point in August 2020 when the Workplace Relations Commission reported on the outcome of evaluation work it had done within the sector. It made four recommendations, namely, the maintenance of good industrial relations; the progress of an agenda with regard to skills and training; acknowledging the positive impact of the guilds' role; and placing more focus on improving HR management. For each of those areas, progress has been made. Deputy Boyd Barrett and I both feel that progress has been made, although he feels that less progress has been made than I do. Between this Finance Bill and the next one, I will continue to look at the implementation of this relief and how we can make progress on quality of work and quality of life issues in a way that is agreed between the employer and the employee. That is why the Workplace Relations Commission and the work it does is so important.

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