Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not quite get the Minister's point, but he gets mine and perhaps he might reflect on my amendment and come up with a superior wording, given the superior intelligence that works for him. Any time the Opposition seeks to bring something forward and the Minister gets the point, there is at least a technical reason it cannot be implemented. I am willing to reflect on this issue and come back to it on Report Stage because it would be worthwhile to give serious recognition to collective agreements. While they are recognised, statutes and other matters come ahead of them in the context of redeployment. I worry about this for the future in terms of collective agreements. The statute does not set out a framework for redeployment, rather it sets out a framework for compulsory redeployment. It should be broader than compulsory redeployment and should reflect what is agreed to in practice.