Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As outlined, I have met the groups previously in my capacities as a Senator and a Deputy, and I would be more than willing to meet them again with the Deputy. There are serious concerns about this approach and the serious impact it would have on the industrial relations mechanism. It is in all our interest to work towards a solution relatively quickly, and I am prepared to do that with the Deputy. I am new to this brief but perhaps we can arrange a meeting in the coming weeks with that representative body before the next Stage, if she is interested in that. I hear her concerns, which are valid, but we believe that the Bill, as drafted, and the mechanisms proposed would not be appropriate.

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