David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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I thank Mr. Goodwin for that. Why is it only now that the Government is looking to put in place a process? According to Mr. Carroll - we spoke at the Committee of Public Accounts on this issue quite extensively as well - the just transition commissioner is only in post for a couple of weeks. The funding was only put in place in the budget of this year. We had a decision made prematurely to close two power plants. The head of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions said Bord na Móna would not engage with the trade unions and it was playing for time. She said there was a strategy to de-unionise the organisation. There was sharp criticism that far from engagement, it was quite the opposite. Does Mr. Doyle think that is a fair reflection of what she said?