Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Patricia King:

I have to be careful answering that question. As the Deputy will be aware, when one is planning a strategy, one does not reveal it in public. The reason this is becoming more urgent is that the company knows very well how many people are going out of the system. The Deputy knows the consequences of that happening because she knows how the trade union movement operates, having worked in it. I know that too and I will say no more than that. The situation is leading us to a place which will not be a happy outcome and that will be a dismal result for all the workers concerned.

It is the reason we are fighting so hard for this matter to be addressed immediately.