Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 23 is necessary to clarify that the definition of an employment enactment for the purpose of section 20 does not include the Employment Equality Act of 1998. This means the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, will not have responsibility for the preparation of codes of practice under the Employment Equality Acts, as this function would come under the remit of the newly established Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC. This was previously a function in the remit of the Equality Authority.