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Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: I will raise Senator Norris's point with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, in advance of Report Stage. Senator Norris referred to sending out a signal. In general, in legislation like this, which deals with restructuring, we do not restate existing law. I know what Senator Norris is saying. He is trying to push the agenda a little more to make it clear. I...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: Yes, but taking Senator Norris's amendment would not solve that problem. The issue is covered.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: I will mention it again to the Minister.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: I would be delighted to. That is no problem.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: Section 87 provides for an amendment to the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 to bring it into line with the rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Schultz-Hoff line of cases regarding how time spent on sick leave should be treated for the purposes of the accrual of annual leave. It will allow workers who are on long-term sick leave to accrue and retain annual leave...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: Sorry, I may have gone too far.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: I added in amendment No. 137.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: My apologies.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: Changes have been accepted. Some of the Government amendments reflect amendments put forward by the Opposition.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: They are not. Three or four amendments were put forward at an earlier stage.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: No. Quite a few were taken on board from members of the Opposition, including Deputy Peadar Tóibín. There are two others that were already taken. On the first two days of discussion of the Bill, amendments were introduced by the Government on foot of representations.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: The aim is that we get the amendments we want.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: Members should be happy with that. It is not the case that we are refusing to make any changes. The problem with this amendment is this. I have already quoted instances where such provisions are in use. It is not that we are saying Senator Norris is wrong with this amendment. We are only saying that the scope of this Bill, and the public consultation that went along with it, did not...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: The concern is that the amendment changes the nature of this Bill.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: It changes the scope of the Bill. We went out to consultation with one version. If one completely changes the scope, it defeats the consultation. That is standard procedure with legislation being brought through here. Senator Norris is unhappy with it.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: No.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: The public consultation on this Bill was mainly to do with the structures, not principles.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: I am afraid we are on similar grounds to the previous amendment. The amendments to the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 that have been proposed by the Senator would also constitute a substantial rather than a procedural amendment to that legislation. As I have already stated in response to the previous amendments, substantive changes to employment rights legislation such as that proposed by...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: I wish to inform the House that I intend to introduce amendments of a technical and drafting nature to Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 on Report Stage. I also wish to inform the House that I intend to introduce two new Schedules to the Bill on Report Stage. These schedules are purely of a technical and drafting nature and they will set out the relevant redress provisions in the individual...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Damien English: Amendments Nos. 140, 141 and 142 are required to ensure that all necessary and appropriate appeals of existing legislative provisions are captured and that no provision that is required in the future is inadvertently appealed.