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

I am not sure I understand what an example of what the Senator seeks to achieve would look like. If a case is appealed by one side or another on the basis of a point of law, it is heard by the Labour Court afresh. The Labour Court will judge the whole case. The Labour Court is not a High Court which interprets law, rather it adjudicates on an actual case. The facts are presented to it and it makes an adjudication. It is not purporting to be the High Court making pronouncements on law. It adjudicates in the circumstances. We do not envisage that the Labour Court will interpret law in the way the Senator seems to.