Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Barry for his contribution. I have heard it before and no doubt I will hear it again. I wish to find a solution to this problem. That is my agenda and I think we are addressing it in the best possible way. As far as I know, there is no intention of introducing zero-hour contracts. I will repeat that I have no privatisation agenda. It is unhelpful for Deputy Barry to come into this committee room and repeatedly state that. Let me give the evidence and members of the Government can contradict me if they wish. I have never discussed or raised the issue of privatisation either formally or informally, in private or in public, with any member of the Government. It has never been suggested. There is no hidden agenda. Our sole objective is to sort out this dispute and to have a thriving company.