Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 12:

In page 21, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:

"(a) by the deletion of subsection (2),".

This is a resubmission of an amendment tabled on Committee Stage. The amendment seeks to delete the provision that a discriminatory dismissal should go to the Labour Court rather than the equality tribunal.

There is a large body of opinion that the equality tribunal should have jurisdiction and I ask if the Minister of State has discussed this option with the stakeholders and the outcome of any discussion.