Will the Minister accept from me, as the person who negotiated the joint registered agreement in question, that it is indeed being breached by Government Departments? I could give as an example to the Minister the case of the Labour Court in his own Department where a company not so registered is employed. At least, it did in my time a very short time ago. Is it not appropriate now that the Minister should seek to enforce the direction he has given to the Government contracts department to ensure that Government Departments incorporate the terms of the agreement when employing companies to provide security?

I congratulate the Deputy on his outside activities. I think it is a good agreement. I will be very disappointed if what he is saying about the Labour Court is true, but I will examine that or any other such case. It is written into the contracts and since it is a binding agreement in the Labour Court——

Is it enforceable?

I am a former security worker. Is the Minister aware that, while legislation may be there, it is not being applied? Because this legislation is not applied or enforced rigidly, legitimate companies are now being put at risk with many hundreds of jobs also at risk.

The question is in regard to what happens in contracts in State and semi-State bodies. It is less than a year since the 14 employment regulation codes orders and the six registered employment agreements were passed. At that stage we instructed that these should be written into all Government contracts in any of those areas, not just security. I have mentioned one case which I will investigate. If there are others I will examine them.