YouTube: Watch my contribution as I introduced the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016, Second Stage, Seanad Éireann.
21 January 2016
YouTube: Watch my contribution as I introduced the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016, Second Stage, Seanad Éireann, Wednesday 20th January - transcript to follow.
In the Seanad today, Senator Ivana Bacik proposed the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016 on behalf of the Labour Party Senators, as a private members’ bill. Senator Aideen Hayden of Labour seconded the Bill. On behalf of the Government, Minister Richard Bruton did not oppose the bill, which passed Second Stage in the Seanad.
This Bill stems from a longstanding Labour party commitment to ensure protection of the right to collectively bargain for freelance workers, including journalists, actors and others who perform their work on a self-employed or contract for services basis. It is in keeping with a commitment contained in the Labour document 'Standing Up for Working People' (January 2016) and is modelled on a bill published in 2012 by Labour TD Emmet Stagg