Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2021-06-21
============================================================

Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

I recognise those points but I still believe that there is a need for a stronger provision because, unfortunately, compliance orders are not always complied with. This is a fact, so I am concerned in that regard. I recognise and welcome the provisions relating to the High Court and, in particular, those relating to the employee being able to initiate action. These are really strong measures. I will not press my amendment because I do not believe it is worded as strongly as the amendment in Senator Warfield's name, although the latter only references the Circuit Court. I will withdraw my amendment and reserve the right to reintroduce it on Report Stage.

---

Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted.

Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/seanad/2021-06-21/debate/main
Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:49:24+00:00
Sitting date: 2021-06-21