Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank both groups.

I want to focus on the meat industry and what Dr. McGann's colleague, Ms Redmond, said, which is correct, that is, that everyone is entitled to be a member of a trade union. Unfortunately, in my experience when I worked on the front line in the meat sector for a number of years, if one told colleagues that one had joined a trade union or tried to organise colleagues in a trade union, one would be summarily fired. This happened not just once but several times consistently because that is what the meat industry does.

How can it be appropriate to offer work permits in a sector that treats workers so poorly and refuses to allow collective bargaining in large parts of it?