Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am informed that we do not have a national framework in this area. Effectively, there is no discrimination on the basis of age if the offering of the fixed-term contract reflects the practice or the nature of the business over a period of time. It is unusual for a termination to take place in the context of this legislation, but we are effectively transposing requirements from EU directives into national legislation, thus tidying up many things that need to be tidied up. While the thrust of the Bill was actually to deal with employment equality legislation, we are using this vehicle to transpose others in the Bill before the House. I understand from where the Senator is coming. Effectively, the amendment employs legalistic terminology on what is known to be the case already.