Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have debated this with Deputy Munster several times. I thoroughly respect the position she is taking. I ask her not to say I am asking the workers in the company to accept 30% cuts. I am asking nothing; I am making no comment on the demands of either side. The Deputy knows that and everybody else knows that. At this stage, I ask only that the unions and the management come together and talk without preconditions and to put me on one side or the other is wrong. I am not going to be drawn into this dispute on either side. The reason has been totally and utterly clear. For someone to come into this House and say I am asking something the management is asking is incorrect because I am not. It is wrong. I am not saying it is wilfully wrong but it is wrong. I am simply asking that they get down and get talking.

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