Mr. Lorcan O'Connor Lloyd:

What ignited this, which ICOS representatives talked about earlier, was schools closing down during the period 2015 to 2019. One particular school closed in December 2018 and the staff had not been paid their wages. After that, an inquiry was set up and eventually a JLC was established. Due to Covid and backlogs in the Labour Court, the JLC did not have its first meeting until last summer, which meant there was nearly a four-year delay before establishment and the first meeting of the JLC. Momentum has built up. We met a couple of weeks ago and we have a meeting next week. Without discussing too much about what is going on in the Labour Court, the conversation is moving along progressively and we would be hopeful of an agreement pretty soon.