Dáil debates
Thursday, 26 March 2015
Order of Business
11:50 am
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source
If a criminal offence was involved, then the Deputy should report the matter to An Garda Síochána.
In the context of the potential dispute at Dunnes Stores, I certainly hope it will be possible to reach a settlement. I have asked the Minister of State, Deputy Nash, to undertake an examination of zero-hour contracts, particularly as they can lead to people having a very low number of hours of work and correspondingly low pay while needing to remain available to their employers at all times. I hope it will be possible to settle the dispute in a way which is satisfactory to the workers at Dunnes Stores, as well as to the management of the company, in order that the employment and the enterprise might move forward successfully.
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