Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Sinn Féin considers the provision in writing of the core terms of employment before employment commences to be sufficiently important to merit the provision of a criminal sanction as a possible enforcement mechanism. We would only consider dropping the offence and the sanction of imprisonment if they were to be replaced by a direct route to compensation for workers, in line with other workers' rights legislation. Otherwise it is not a level playing field. This has not been proposed in the Fianna Fáil amendment and, therefore, we will not support it.