Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

—is that one votes with the party on the day. That is the key point but in the meantime one can certainly have one's own views and try to influence Government decisions.

I want to make a number of points to the Minister of State concerning changes to the Bill which he may take into account. I am pleased that the evidence before the rights commissioner will be heard in private. The Minister of State should review the Unfair Dismissals Acts which allow for public hearings about private matters concerning employer-employee relationships. It is not in the interests of the public to know the relationship between an employee and an employer. The Unfair Dismissals Acts should be reviewed in this regard because under this Bill, the hearing before the rights commissioner shall be conducted in private, rightly so because it is a private matter between the employee and the employer.