Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

This concerns special advisers and how the Taoiseach can justify it. Today, four weeks' notice of industrial action has been served on the HSE by porters, cleaners and security staff within hospital sites across the city. Are these the advisers who advised in respect of the approach to engagement with the public service unions, where ultimately the talks were collapsed and innovative, inventive efforts on behalf of the public service union representatives were roundly dismissed?

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