Seanad debates
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed)
1:45 pm
Katherine Zappone (Independent) | Oireachtas source
I move amendment No. 4:
There is some legal logic behind the amendment that has a lot to do with the use of the EU framework directive that the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission designate has encouraged us to use.
In page 4, to delete lines 1 to 4 and substitute the following:“(ii) it takes action, on the religion or belief ground, which is reasonably necessary to prevent an employee or prospective employee from undermining the religious ethos of the institution, and that, by reason of the nature of the employment concerned or the context in which it is carried out, the action taken is objectively justified by a legitimate aim and the means of achieving the aim are appropriate and necessary.”.
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