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

Section 21 makes provision for the board of the workplace relations commission to prepare a strategy statement on behalf of the commission and to submit this statement to the Minister for approval. Subsection (4) provides that the Minister can approve the draft strategy statement as prepared by the board with or without modifications or refuse to approve the strategy statement. In the latter instance, the Minister may require the board to prepare and submit a revised strategy statement. This amendment introduces a new subsection (5) which clarifies that the board will be obliged to comply with such a direction from the Minister and within the timeframe specified by the Minister.