Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the necessity for the Taoiseach to make a statement denouncing the rejection by Irish Ferries of the Labour Court recommendation which found that the company should honour the employment agreement reached with SIPTU and the Seamens' Union of Ireland last year and which rejected the company's claims that its future viability is dependent on proceeding with these measures and, in light of this rejection, the necessity for the Government to accept that there is an increased onus on it to work for the introduction of a ferries directive to protect workers on board ferries from exploitation by unscrupulous employers such as Irish Ferries.

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