Section 8 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by -

(a) the substitution of the following subsections for subsections (2), (3) and (4):

"(1A) There shall be included in -

(a) a recommendation of a rights commissioner under subsection (1) of this section,

(b) a determination of the Tribunal under the said subsection (1), and

(c) an order of the Circuit Court, under section 11 of the Unfair Dismissals (Amendment) Act, 1993,

under which specified redress under this Act is awarded to an employee a statement of the reasons why either of the other forms of redress specified in section 7 (1) of this Act was not awarded to the employee.

(2) A claim for redress under this Act shall be initiated by giving a notice in writing (containing such particulars (if any) as may be specified in regulations under section 17 of this Act made for the purposes of subsection (8) of this section) to a rights commissioner or the Tribunal, as the case may be -

(a) within the period of 6 months beginning on the date of the relevant dismissal, or