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

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 6, lines 18 and 19, to delete “by an electronic mode of payment” and substitute “, including by an electronic mode of payment”.

The purposes of this - there are a number of amendments that are very similar - is to say this should not just apply to tips that are paid by electronic modes of payment, in other words, credit or debit cards or whatever, but should apply to all tips. Tip theft happens with cash tips. You can have a situation where there is a glass beside the cashier that people put money into and the employer can take half of it out and leave it so only half of it is to be doled out between the workers. It is a significant enough weakness. In general, this legislation is very welcome but it is a problem that it does not cover this potentially substantial area of tip theft by not including it. It is pretty basic.

It would be good if the Tánaiste would agree to take on board any one of these amendments. There are a few different ways we could word it; I am not precious in that regard. Tip theft is not only a problem in the context of electronic payments; it also applies to cash payments. Workers need protection. That is an important issue.

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