Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This has been a very long session. Mr. Jean-Paul Deveau has talked about transplanting the Canadian model to the west. Will he clarify the rights of workers under the Canadian model? For example, are the 250 employees in the plant unionised, or is the company open to unionisation? The nub of the issue is whether the seaweed cutters are employees or self-employed with a contract with the company. Do they have collective bargaining rights? Does the company deal with the seaweed cutters as individuals so that if they do not play ball they can be picked off, or do they have a collective right to come together as a group and negotiate as a group with his company?