Mr. Denis Sheridan:

I will give an example of what is currently happening with disputes. We are seeing companies that had previously negotiated with the employee representatives good EWC agreements with good provision within them, good meeting schedules and things like that. Suddenly, because they were moving from the UK to Ireland, which is a different legal base, and the way the legislation is they are simply coming over and implementing the second subsidiary requirements which is reducing the current agreement.

This leads to disputes because all of a sudden there is an agreement in place and the company sees it as a mechanism with which it can move to Ireland and diminish rights under the agreement.