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

Subsection (4) currently provides only for the transfer to the Labour Court of records of the Employment Appeals Tribunal relating to proceedings before it under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1997. This subsection is being amended to provide that the tribunal's records in relation to proceedings under all employment legislation within its remit should be transferred to the Labour Court on the dissolution of the EAT. I am currently in discussions with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in relation to certain provisions in Part 6 which relate to transitional issues arising as a result of the EAT and, therefore, it may be necessary to bring forward some further amendments to these provisions on Report Stage to clarify any outstanding drafting issues.