Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)

Is there any mechanism the Department or the Minister could use to kick-start discussions with the parties involved? One party appears to be proceeding with its proposals regardless of the views of the other party or its lack of agreement on the proposals. This dispute affects our national interests. It will affect our economy and the travelling public. If a strike can be averted, there is a responsibility to ensure all available mechanisms are used to avert it. Is there any mechanism the Minister can propose or anything he can do, aside from the public statement he has just made, to urge management to pull back form the brink in regard to this dispute?

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