Industrial Relations (Members of the Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces) Bill 2015
Public bill · Private Member · Introduced
The proposal would let Garda and Defence Forces representative associations negotiate pay and working conditions without needing a separate negotiation licence, and join national bodies such as the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. It would allow Gardaí to strike, while keeping the ban on Defence Forces strikes, and clarify that Gardaí using or applying for a formal insolvency arrangement would not breach discipline rules. The changes respond to concerns raised by the European Committee of Social Rights; the memorandum says they would have no additional cost to the State.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the right of representative associations established under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Síochána Act 1924 or the Defence (Amendment) Act 1990, to carry on negotiations for the fixing of pay or other conditions of employment of their members and to join national umbrella organisation of employees, to remove the interdiction of the right to strike by members of the Garda Síochána, to clarify that a member of the Garda Síochána who becomes a party to an insolvency arrangement or applies to become a party to an insolvency arrangement shall not be deemed to be failing wilfully and without good and sufficient cause to pay a lawful debt in such circumstances as to be liable to affect his or her ability to discharge the duty of a member, and to provide for related matters
Last updated 12 April 2018
- Michael McNamara Primary
- First StageDáil
- Second StageDáil Defeated
- Industrial Relations (Members of the Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Dáil
- Industrial Relations (Members of the Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] Dáil
- Industrial Relations (Members of the Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces) Bill 2015: First Stage Dáil