Section 35, The Industrial Relations and Trade Union Act, 2024

(1) Notwithstanding an agreement reached by the Trade Group Council, employers within the various trade groups may, where they have the ability to do so and without prejudice to employers who adopt the terms and conditions to which these agreements refer, offer better wages and terms and conditions than that are provided for in the agreement. (2) Better wages and terms and conditions offered by an employer under subsection (1), shall be made in consultation with the trade union concerned and be made known to the employees affected, in a joint statement made in writing and signed by the employer and the General Secretary of the trade union.