Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am not sure whether mediation would work in here because there must be willingness. Mediation only works if every party is willing to participate, and there is nothing that will satisfy some people on the Opposition benches. The last thing they would ever agree to is mediation. The heads of the mediation Bill have been approved by the Government and it is expected to be published later this year.

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