Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Two weeks before Christmas, the former chairman of the Labour Court, John Horgan, issued a report commissioned under the Haddington Road Agreement, which recommended that gardaí who take industrial action should automatically lose their right to pension entitlements for five years. The Anti-Austerity alliance would be completely opposed to this proposal, which would, as it stands, be unlawful. Does the Government intend to try to change the law? Does it intend to introduce legislation to curb the right to strike for public servants?

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