Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)

With regard to other State agencies experiencing labour relations difficulties in regard to the decentralisation programme, such as BIM and the Combat Poverty Agency, what impact are the Labour Court hearings having on those cases? Does the Minister accept that FÁS in particular was the worst agency to involve in this kind of situation, given that it was already a largely decentralised organisation and all the Government was doing was relocating its centralised component from Dublin to a new location?

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