James Reilly (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree with much of what has been said. I reiterate that the legislation is trying to strike a balance to give people the rights they are deserving of and entitled to but, equally, not confer rights on other groups that can then hold the State to ransom. I will not mention specific groups but we all have knowledge in the past of how unintentional consequences flowed from legislation, which had the best of intentions. That is what the Minister is trying to say.

Where there is a will, there is a way and there is clearly a will in this House to make this happen. I could not agree more with Senator Nash, whom I sat beside in Cabinet, that there is no way competition law should ever undermine a worker's right to a decent income.