Vol. 427 No. 8
154 Mr. R. Bruton and Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the plans, if any, he has to legislate to introduce a scheme to provide employers with an alternative to redundancy as promised in the Programme for a Partnership Government 1993-1997; and the Exchequer costs involved.
Discussions will be held with the Social Partners in the near future in the context of the commitment in the Programme for a Partnership Government to implement a scheme aimed at providing employers and employees with alternatives to redundancy where labour cost reduction programmes are sought by companies which have recorded profits in the previous three year period.
