Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

This is a minor technical amendment to the new provision in section 27(d) of the Bill, inserting a new section 75(3). The intention in this provision is to enable the director of the Equality Tribunal to issue appropriate guidelines or guidance notes to ensure that redress in equality cases taken before it is met with an efficient and fair response. It is considered that the provision, as drafted, is overly broad and more akin to the role of the Equality Authority, and it should be more clearly focused to apply to the areas of responsibility dealt with by equality officers and equality mediation officers.