Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This group of amendments concerns the definition of "employer" and the amendments were proposed to address what was feared to be a potential gap in the definition where the contractual employer will not be the person paying emoluments. They also update the wording in a number of sections to ensure consistency of language across the Bill. Once again, these amendments were identified by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and none of them relate to substantive policy matters.

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