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Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Tóibín forgot the cross-party support due later on. He is going the wrong way about it.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: What about Deputy Ross?

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Oct 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: If Deputy Buttimer would like to listen, I might enlighten him. This left up to 200,000 workers defenceless in the face of unscrupulous employers and it meant that decent employers who were looking to pay a decent wage were finding themselves uncompetitive due to the race to the bottom on wages. When the pay and conditions and the protection of more than 200,000 people on average who earn...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Oct 2011)

Brendan Griffin: I am sharing time with Deputies English and Buttimer. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to this Bill. When I spoke about this very important matter in July, I said that although we needed legislation in this area, we could not rush it and that we needed to ensure it was correct and steady. I still stand by that opinion. I spoke about the need to protect lower paid workers and...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Déanam comhghairdeas leis an Teachta Tóibín as An Bille Caidrimh Thionscail a thabhairt os ár gcomhair le plé inniu. I welcome the remarks made by the Minister. He is correct in saying that there must be robust protection for lower paid workers while there must also be support for employers in the context of the creation of jobs. We must strike a balance in this regard. That said, we...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Oct 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: ...the lives of hundreds of thousands of families. The political inertia from the Government will neither clothe nor feed a single child. On the issue of job losses, Deputies Damien English and Jerry Buttimer inferred that JLCs have caused or at least contributed to the current recession. People earning €288 per week did not cause the recession. The JLC system has remained constant in...