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

Amendments Nos. 107 and 108 clarify the range of additional functions which will transfer to the workplace relations commission and the Labour Court on the dissolution of the Employment Appeals Tribunal. The Employment Appeals Tribunal will continue to sit for a period beyond the commencement of this legislation in order to hear all complaints and appeals referred to it before the commencement of Part 4. When the tribunal has cleared those complaints and appeals, the Minister will make an order formally dissolving it.

Section 67 provides that all first instance and appellate functions which remain vested in the tribunal as of the date of its dissolution will transfer to the workplace relations commission and the Labour Court, respectively.