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

I could come in with 100 good practices that the office does but it would be unreasonable of me to ask the Labour Court to enshrine it in a set of code that has the force of law. That means that, in six months' time, the office cannot budge from the existing practice if technology changes. The Senator would seek to embed it in primary legislation and then we would be stuck with what materialises. If we were dealing with 1909 legislation, we would be obliged to send a horse and cart out with a notice.