Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2020-07-09
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

As I understand it, the pay and conditions of existing workers in these sectors cannot be diminished unilaterally by their employers. As such, the orders stand until such time as the Supreme Court hears the appeal and adjudicates on them. Obviously, labour rights are enforced in the normal way and should be enforced fully. As is often the case when the Government is appealing a decision of the High Court, work will be taking place in the background on a plan B, as the Deputy described it. However, that can never be done perfectly because we cannot predict the outcome of the Supreme Court case or know what loopholes may be identified. To answer the Deputy's question in short, of course work will be done on contingencies that might arise from a judgment of the Supreme Court, but none of us know for sure what that judgment will be.

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Sitting date: 2020-07-09