Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

Even after the situation with Debenhams, the Minister of State is still not giving a commitment to implement any of the recommendations. His position is the same as before, which is that if we can get consensus, we will do it. In effect, is it not the case that if employers say they are not convinced about this, then there is no consensus and once again the Government will not implement the recommendations? The Government is playing for time because there is a dispute but that will not stop this happening to another group of workers in six months or a year and we will be back here again. Then when it suits, we will have another review but the Government will not implement it.