Louis O'Hara (Galway East, Sinn Fein)
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688. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a timeline for the publication of an action plan for collective bargaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18584/25]

Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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One of the goals of the EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages, under Article 4, is to increase the number of workers covered by collective bargaining on wage setting. The Directive requires Member States with a collective bargaining coverage below 80%, such as Ireland, to provide “for a framework of enabling conditions for collective bargaining” and to publish an action plan to promote collective bargaining by the end of 2025. It is the Government's intention to publish Ireland's action plan by that date and this commitment is included in the Programme for Government .

A technical working group has been established with Department officials and the social partners to consider the content of Ireland’s action plan. The working group is meeting regularly.

My Department launched a public consultation process to obtain the views of interested stakeholders across the wider enterprise and employment sectors on the possible content of the action plan. The outcome of the consultation process will help guide my Department in finalising the proposals, both legislative and administrative, which may be considered for inclusion. The details of the consultation are available here: Consultation on Ireland’s action plan on the promotion of collective bargaining - DETE. enterprise.gov.ie/en/consultations/consultation-on-irelands-action-plan-on-the-promotion-of-collective-bargaining.html. The closing date for submissions is the 12th of May.