Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a view that is borne from many years of experience that the best thing any worker can do is join a trade union, and vindicate their rights such as they are through a union and the power of collective action.

I have a specific question on migrant workers who work in the industry that Mr. Carroll represents. In times gone by the meat industry was heavily unionised. I am not certain what the picture is at the moment but there are active trade unions in some of the plants. What is the level of unionisation among workers on the work permit scheme and migrant workers who are employed in the industry?