Averil Power (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 6 to amendment No. 13:

In the text proposed to be inserted by paragraph (b), after subsection (1C) to insert the following:"(1D) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1C), nothing in subsections (1) to (1C) may be relied upon by an institution referred to in subsection (1) to—

(a) justify or permit discrimination on the basis of religion or belief against any employee, former employee or prospective employee,

or

(b) allow any action to be taken against any employee, former employee or prospective employee,

where the employee, former employee or prospective employee

(i) holds the relevant qualifications necessary to carry out all of the functions associated with the position of employment,

(ii) is willing to carry out all of the functions associated with the position,

(iii) has agreed in the furtherance of his or her functions to uphold the religious ethos of the employer, and

(iv) has not undermined the religious ethos of the institution.".