Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)

Amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, are related and may be taken together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Government amendment No. 1:

In page 6, paragraph (a), lines 11 to 28, to delete the definition of "contract of employment" and substitute:

"'contract of employment' means, subject to subsection (3)—

(a) a contract of service or apprenticeship, or

(b) any other contract whereby——

(i) an individual agrees with another person personally to execute any work or service for that person, or

(ii) an individual agrees with a person carrying on the business of an employment agency within the meaning of the Employment Agency Act 1971 to do or perform personally any work or service for another person (whether or not the other person is a party to the contract),

whether the contract is express or implied and, if express, whether oral or written;".