Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

When will the Taoiseach announce the Cabinet reshuffle to the House? Will he confirm that he has plans for a very wide-ranging redrawing and reconfiguration of Departments? It would be welcome as it an area in which we need to see something happening.

There is a very difficult industrial relations situation at Green Isle Foods in Naas. Tomorrow will be the 14th day of a hunger strike by one man, a second man is on his seventh day and a third man is about to join it. I know Members of the House have been making valiant efforts to try to resolve matters. There is the option of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment having this issue looked at under section 38 of the Industrial Relations Act 1990. Will the Taoiseach request the Minister to use her powers under this section to have this very difficult situation looked at before it gets much worse.

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