Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I will ask for some information from the officials but, as the Deputy will appreciate, the issue of industrial relations is not within the social welfare brief. I will ask the local office to give me a report on the situation because, as the Deputy knows, there can be some approaches there. However, I am not fully au faitwith the situation and have just seen the headlines. The question of industrial relations in terms of the law is the responsibility of the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

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