The Government has prioritised the payment of wages Bill for this session. My party agrees with the proposal to outlaw tips being used to make up a person's basic pay. It is a fundamental issue. It is quite clear that tips are given by people as a gratuity, which should be paid above and beyond normal basic pay.

We also agree with the proposed requirement for employers to display their tips policy. The most basic requirement of the legislation should be to ensure that staff are the beneficiaries of all the money people give as tips and it does not go into any baseline profits for the restaurant or for the business. My question is, when will the Government introduce and advance this important legislation and will it ensure that the new payments of wages law requires every cent of the tip - 100% of it - be passed on to the employees, as is intended?

This legislation is on the priority list and it is the intention to have it this session. I will convey the Deputy's particular concerns to the Minister who is completing the drafting work.

News of the 1,200 job losses at Wrightbus in Ballymena follows on from news of job losses in the Gallaher Group, Michelin and Harland and Wolff, where the workers are fighting back and are sitting in. It is clear that there is devastation taking place in Northern Ireland's industrial base. Particular questions need to be asked in this circumstance about the £16 million in charitable donations given largely to a Christian evangelical church. The case for nationalisation of the company to defend jobs and to defend green public transport is powerful and unanswerable. We want to express our full solidarity with the workers affected here. There are talks taking place with the British Government and with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In that regard, there is discussion about the all-Ireland economy. Will the Government raise the issue and press the issue of nationalisation to defend these jobs in the North of Ireland?

That is neither a programme for Government nor a questions on legislation matter but the answer is "No."