Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I support the making of amendment No. 5 having had a small hand in it with Senator Zappone. It would be useful to include a specific reference to the employee's or prospective employee's right to privacy to strengthen the already strong test and high bar that I have already referred to as the "one plus five" test. A specific reference to privacy in subsection (1C)(c) would be helpful and cover some of the issues that have been so eloquently described by other colleagues. There is already a good deal of complexity in the amendments proposed by the Government. That complexity is necessary, unfortunately, to the scheme of employment equality legislation. As such and while we must be careful not to insert unduly complex extra amendments, a simple reference to privacy would be useful. I hope the amendment can be accepted.