Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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There are no proposals in the Government's legislative programme that would oblige an employer to recognise a trade union or that would compel an employer to engage in collective bargaining with a trade union.

There is a commitment in the Programme for Government to ensure that Irish law on employees' right to engage in collective bargaining is consistent with recent judgements of the European Court of Human Rights. This process will require consultation with stakeholders, including employer and worker representatives, and a review of the experience of the operation of the existing legislative framework as put in place under the Industrial Relations Acts of 2001 and 2004 and the consequences of the litigation that has arisen in the course of the operation of these Acts.