The Employment Equality Agency has a function under section 35 of the Employment Equality Act, 1977, to make proposals to me whenever it thinks necessary for amending either the Anti-Discrimination (Pay) Act, 1974, or the Employment Equality Act, 1977.
In that context the agency has furnished its views to me. In its latest submission it welcomed, inter alia, the fact that the Bill had been amended in a number of significant ways in the Dáil and considered that as a result it is much enhanced legislation. I am continuing to keep the comments of the agency under review.