Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On some of the industrial relations issues, there are ways of resolving these things but they have to be resolved within the confines of the public service stability agreement because that is the agreement we have with all unions through ICTU. We have not had a chance to discuss these today but perhaps we will at some point because there is still an industrial relations dispute with 40,000 nurses and midwives, which is very serious and is having a serious impact on patient safety, that we need to resolve. If people want to try to resolve the disputes through the parameters of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the public service stability agreement, we are ready and wanting to engage intensively.