Workplace and transport support legislation
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked when transport-support, workplace-relations and industrial-relations legislation would be published, citing the Greyhound waste collection lock-out. The Taoiseach expected the workplace-relations Bill during the session and the transport-support Bill later in the year; other deputies noted the question had already been asked.
When will the health (transport support) Bill, which will provide for a scheme to make individual payments to people with severe disabilities who cannot access public transport as a financial support towards their transport costs, be published?
What about the workplace relations Bill and the industrial relations (amendment) (No.2) Bill? I raise these in the context of the lock-out - call it what one will - by the Greyhound waste collection company yesterday of some 60 workers while negotiations were ongoing. Will he indicate when these Bills will present? Will they offer protection for workers who find themselves in that most unacceptable of situations? These matters are continuing to happen and it is not acceptable.
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The workplace relations Bill is expected this session while the health (transport support) Bill is expected later this year.
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My question was asked by Teachta Ó Caoláin.
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My question was asked by Teachta Ó Caoláin.