Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is very easy to call for getting all of the parties together. I am interested in an industrial dispute being sorted out by the two parties involved. If all of the parties were to come together and discuss policy, it would be a completely different matter. For now, it is imperative that the two parties get together to avoid a strike. If I was to call together all interested parties in a large forum, it would make it almost impossible to solve the dispute in the time allotted. I never said I was against speaking to various stakeholders or parties, as the Deputy knows. I am perfectly happy to do so. However, I will not get involved in an issue which is a matter between two parties. The Deputy's suggestion is perfectly reasonable. It is a perfectly reasonable request outside the heated atmosphere of an industrial dispute. My place at a table with all of the parties involved would be inappropriate and improper as they would ask me to do things I could not do.