Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

——and subsequently broken.

With regard to the legal position, we are satisfied that the set of circumstances applied to the MV Normandy was separate to that which now applies. As I indicated, we have not yet received a redundancy notice from Irish Ferries in regard to the current situation. I have taken legal advice from the Attorney General. I have indicated publicly that the preliminary advice on the current situation is that it does not appear a legitimate redundancy scenario, although that is subject to more detailed analysis if we receive a redundancy notice from the company.

I will ask the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Gallagher, to deal with the maritime issues.

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