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''The reality is you have to look at the whole person'' employer reacts to John Halligan controversy

Nov 9, 2017 14:03 By Denise Canavan
''The reality is you have to look at the whole person'' employer reacts to John Halligan controversy
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''Are you married?''

That's a question the Junior Minister for Trade and skills asked a female civil servant during an interview in May 2016.

The workplace relations commission ruled that the question was discriminatory and fined the Waterford TD 7,500.

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The Tanaiste says while Fine Gael accept John Halligan's apology she was '"disturbed and disappointed" by his actions.

Seamus Butler is a Fianna Fail Councillor and also owns Butler manufacturing services.

He spoke to the Joe Finnegan show on Thursday.. (broadcast 9/11)

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