Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

They have given KBC Ireland long years of service. That needs to be remembered as well. That is extremely important. These are people's real lives that we are talking about and, in some ways, playing with. It will be very interesting to see what comes out of those discussions, which I hope will conclude soon. The reality is this is a huge stress on people's lives. We cannot forget that.

I have one final question. How can the bank still say that it is committed to the UN Global Compact when it is clearly in breach of commitments relating to unions as it continues to refuse to negotiate with the union or even to attend the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, to seek solutions on workers' issues? As this is something I feel quite strongly about, I am interested to hear Mr. Blažek's response.