Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister said that while the general provision is there, he would use it only in a specific case. He then went on to qualify this and say that for some other subjective reason which may arise, and which is not known today, he, or some future Minister, may decide to extend the provision. We should not keep the section, however if we must, I concur with Senator Norris that we should restrict the legislation to the one instance to which the Minister refers and ensure we do not find the Bill is immediately in conflict with the entire trade union movement, and thus with every worker in the country. I ask the Minister to reconsider it.