Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)

Deputy Dowds is more schooled on that. There is legislation to protect every worker's rights and in respect of dispute resolution. It is voluntary by nature, but we must be fair and balanced in how we approach the issue and I would hope any reasonable company, or any entity, would use the voluntary mechanism that is available. That is the way to proceed. If that fails, we will cross that bridge when we come to it.

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