Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

Deputy Costello should know the Minister does not carry out investigations. If he did, Deputy Costello would be the first to stand up and rail against it.

The Health and Safety Authority did consult its counterpart in the United Kingdom. We would need to see the redundancy notices from Irish Ferries to see if they constitute a legitimate redundancy scenario. To date we have received no such notice. It is fanciful to suggest the Government is split on its position on the Labour Party Bill. I assure the Deputy no such split has occurred.

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