Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

We are less than a week away from strike action by 7,500 members of SIPTU working effectively in the health service.

I ask the Minister whether funds will be made available by his Department to help resolve the dispute involving these section 39 workers, whose historic link to their public service comparators in terms of pay and conditions other than pension conditions has been broken due to them not obtaining equivalent pay restoration. Will the Minister make a statement on the matter?

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