Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

With regard to arrangements for sittings, the staff looking after security and other important issues in Leinster House are having a unilateral change of conditions forced on them from Monday which will impact severely on what is not a very high wage. As a Member of this Dáil I am very uncomfortable with that so will the Tánaiste intervene to ensure this does not happen and that negotiations will take place in the normal way to get fair play for those who look after the staff and Members in the Oireachtas?

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