Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

Thankfully, some improvements have been made but much more remains to be done. The matter is before the industrial relations machinery. The recommendations it makes will be critical and I hope they will meet with the approval of all sides with a view to addressing this question. The social partnership agreements provide a possibility to claim inability to pay. I hope the health of the company can be restored as quickly as possible so that these sorts of issues can be dealt with to everyone's satisfaction.

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