Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is not really good enough. The Minister has had on his desk since last January a report stating that €125 million should be given to Irish Rail because of work done between 2010 and 2016. The Minister can indeed pay this, which would alleviate the problems currently faced by Iarnród Éireann and prevent the company from using that financial problem as an excuse not to pay its workers, thus forcing them into balloting for industrial action. It is outrageous.

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