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Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: We are strengthening workers rights in the collective bargaining legislation.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: I hope that, unlike in the North, Sinn Féin will be good enough to support the collective bargaining legislation when it comes before the Dáil.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: I remind the Deputy that for people working in Dunnes Stores, one of the most significant things the Government did and I did in legislation was to reverse the cut Fianna Fáil made to the minimum wage when in office.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The restoration of the minimum wage has been important. Deputy Kelleher had a position of responsibility in that regard at the time.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: Deputy Kelleher had a position of responsibility in that Department at that time. When I became Minister, the first thing I did in legislation was to reverse that cut-----

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: ----- which was a very difficult cut for some of the women he mentioned.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: Let us return to the main point.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: Let us come to the solution.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: Let us talk about the solution. The first part of the solution, as proposed by the general secretary of Mandate, is dialogue and engagement with the industrial relations process of the State.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The second is through the introduction of collective bargaining legislation which we hope to have before the Dáil and enacted before the summer. As a former Minister of State in the Department, Deputy Kelleher knows he was unable to do anything about it from the Fianna Fáil benches during its long period of service in government.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: It will be coming before the Dáil and I hope when it does, Deputy Kelleher, on behalf of his party, can undertake to support the extension of collective bargaining in the State.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: Absolutely. It is an agreement and the legislation, which is complex, will be before the Houses of the Oireachtas after Easter and enacted by the summer.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The Deputy spoke about people being fearful of intimidation or victimisation, which is a very serious point. I say to the Dunnes Stores management and owners that that is not in the tradition of that business which over many decades has given employment and service throughout this country, originating in Cork. There will be an anti-victimisation clause in the collective bargaining...

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: It will be after Easter and I do not think we will be having an election until this time next year.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: It will be passed, but it has been-----

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: I cannot hear.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: The Deputy may be aware of the history regarding Dunnes Stores. The company and the union were party to a collective agreement which provided a framework within which disputes and differences could be resolved by negotiation and dialogue. The Labour Court has pointed to this as a mechanism and an avenue to resolve the dispute, as the general secretary of the union has also said. It is...

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: ----- has made life very difficult either for a single worker or for a couple, and there are many couples who work in Dunnes Stores. As people have been describing, it is actually very difficult. That is why the collective bargaining legislation, which will come before the Dáil and be enacted in the next term, before the summer recess, will be absolutely critical to modernising our...

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: I thank the Deputy for his comments. Like many people in this country, my first experience of employment was as a worker in a number of Dunnes Stores outlets, where I was a member of the union that subsequently became Mandate. My period of employment at Dunnes Stores was very short. I salute the level of service, cheerfulness and commitment of the staff of Dunnes Stores down through the...

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: I do not know.