Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is good to see those improvements happening but, on a more serious point, I certainly would share the Deputy's concerns that any industrial dispute or any strike in Irish Rail would impact very seriously on taxpayers, passengers, and working people. Strikes, unfortunately, in the transport sector happen too often. They are always resolved in the normal way with the engagement of the Workplace Relations Commission and sometimes the Labour Court. I would really express my wish on behalf of the Government and people and passengers that the deal that they are inevitably going to come to anyway they come to without unnecessary strikes.

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