Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)

Amendment No. 35 is an alternative to amendment No. 34 and amendments Nos. 36, 43 to 51, inclusive, and 65 are related. Amendments No. 34 to 36, inclusive, 43 to 51, inclusive, and 65 may be taken together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Government amendment No. 34:

In page 11, after line 46, to insert the following:

"(4) An employees' representative shall be paid his or her wages (within the meaning of the Payment of Wages Act 1991) for any period of absence afforded to him or her in accordance with subsection (3).".