Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The point is that it is not. There is a serious problem in this regard. The Minister, Deputy Hogan, initiated the alignment of the local development companies and has instructed them to move in a different direction. It is incumbent upon him as Minister, in seeking to change how these local development companies operate, to insist that worker representatives are recognised and heard and that information in regard to how the alignment will affect them is passed on. When will the report mentioned by the Minister be published?

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