Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Perhaps I can be helpful in some ways. I accept that, in policy terms, the Government has a role as the shareholder. I have said this before and I will say it again if it is at all helpful: I will not, prior to this dispute being settled, assemble a forum because it would only become dragged into the dispute. However, I make it quite clear that once the industrial relations dispute is over, I am very happy to meet all the stakeholders to discuss what they maintain are the policy issues, which are undoubtedly felt deeply, with which many people have sympathy and to which the stakeholders allude so often. I will not do so during the dispute, but afterwards.

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